News

Three medals from the European Canoe-Kayak Championships for Juniors and Under-23s

Three medals from the European Canoe-Kayak Championships for Juniors and Under-23s

Angel Kodinov, an 18-year-old from Plovdiv, won two silver and one bronze medal at the European Canoe-Kayak Championships for juniors and under-23s in the Romanian town of Baskov. The pupil of Vladimir…

The 18-year-old from Plovdiv, Angel Kodinov, won two silver and one bronze medal at the European Canoe-Kayak Championships for juniors and under-23s in the Romanian town of Baskov.

The pupil of Vladimir Genov at the Chipilski Canoe-Kayak Club came second in the single canoe 1,000-metre and 500-metre events. On Saturday, in the longer distance race, the son of former rowers Ani and Nikolay Kodinov finished 1.252 seconds behind his closest rival – the Russian Alexander Tutaev.


On Sunday, Kodinov competed in two further finals. In the morning’s 500-metre race, he again finished second, 3.264 seconds behind the winner, Artem Pron (Russia). Six hours later, Angel competed amongst the best in the 200 m sprint, where he finished third. Pron was once again the champion, ahead of Vadim Korobov (Lithuania) and Kodinov, who was just 1.432 seconds behind the winner.