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Line 1: {{short description\|Bulgarian sprint canoer (born 1976)}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport\|Men's [[Canoe racing\|canoe sprint]]}} Line 10 ⟶ 11: {{MedalBottom}} '''Petar Hristov Merkov''' ({{lang-bg\|Петър Христов Мерков}}, born ~~November~~ 3, November 1976 in [[Plovdiv]]) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[canoe racing\|sprint ~~canoer~~canoeist]] who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Competing in three [[Summer Olympics]], he who won two silver medals at [[Sydney]] in [[2000 Summer Olympics\|2000]] (K-1 500 m, K-1 1000 m). Prior to those games, Merkov was subjected to controversy for failing a [[Doping (sport)\|doping]] test in [[Bulgaria]] which led to over a dozen canoeing nations petitioning the [[International Canoe Federation]] for an investigation, only to have Bulgarian officials stonewall on his behalf to compete. He would later refuse to attend the post-race press conference of K-1 1000 m in the wake of those allegations. Merkov was K-1 500 m European champion in 1999. Line 16 ⟶ 17: At the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]], Merkov won silver medals in the K-1 500 m event in [[1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships\|1999]] and [[2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships\|2002]]. In 2002, he also won a bronze in K-4 1000 m. Merkov is 188 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs). He is currently a member of the [[Levski Canoe/Kayak Club]] ~~club~~ in [[Sofia]]. ==References== ~~[http~~{{Webarchive \|url=https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 \|date=2010-01-05 \|title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships -– Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): ~~1936-2007.]~~1936–2007}} [{{Webarchive \|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 \|date=2009-11-09 \|title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships -– Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: ~~1936-2007.]~~1936–2007}} [~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/petar-merkov-1.html Sports-reference.com profile] Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition'', London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 470, 473. {{DEFAULTSORT:Merkov, Petar}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:Bulgarian male canoeists]] [[Category:Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases]] [[Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] Line 33 ⟶ 34: [[Category:Doping cases in canoeing]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic canoeists offor Bulgaria]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing]] [[Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak]] [[Category:~~Male~~Medalists ~~canoeists~~at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]