Vadim Menkov

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Vadim Menkov

Personal information
Born	12 February 1987 (1987-02-12) (age 37) Toytepa, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Uzbekistan World Championships 2009 Dartmouth C-1 1000 m 2010 Poznań C-1 1000 m 2013 Duisburg C-1 500 m 2010 Poznań C-1 500 m 2011 Szeged C-1 1000 m Asian Games 2014 Incheon C-1 1000 m Asian Championships 2005 Putrajaya C-1 1000 m 2005 Putrajaya C-4 1000 m 2007 Hwacheon C-1 500 m 2007 Hwacheon C-1 1000 m 2011 Tehran C-2 500 m 2013 Samarkand C-1 500 m 2013 Samarkand C-1 1000 m 2015 Palembang C-2 1000 m 2017 Shanghai C-1 1000 m 2005 Putrajaya C-1 500 m 2005 Putrajaya C-4 500 m 2017 Shanghai C-4 200 m 2017 Shanghai C-4 500 m 2011 Tehran C-2 1000 m 2017 Shanghai C-4 1000 m

Vadim Menkov (born 12 February 1987) is an Uzbek male sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He has won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010), a silver (C-1 500 m: 2013) and two bronze (C-1 500 m: 2010, C-1 1000 m: 2011). Most recently, Menkov won the gold medal in the sprint C1-1000m event in canoeing at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Menkov also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in the C-1 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semi-finals of the C-1 500m. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the C-1 200 m, finishing 10th, and the C-1 1000 m, finishing 4th again.