Gratsian Botev

Olympic medal record
Men's canoe sprint
	1956 Melbourne	C-2 10000 m
	1956 Melbourne	C-2 1000 m

Gratsian Botev (December 12, 1928 – August 16, 1981) was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won two medals with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.

References

Sports-reference.com profile

Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued canoe events

C-1 10000 metres	1948: František Čapek (TCH) 1952: Frank Havens (USA) 1956: Leon Rotman (ROU)

C-2 10000 metres	1936: Czechoslovakia (Václav Mottl and Zdeněk Škrland) 1948: United States (Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski) 1952: France (Georges Turlier and Jean Laudet) 1956: Soviet Union (Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev)

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