Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (Persian: بابک امیرطهماسب; born 19 May 1976) is an Iranian-born French sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.

Babak Amir-Tahmasseb
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Poznań K-1 1000 m

Amir-Tahmasseb also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Sydney in 2000.

He is a member of the Strasbourg Eaux-Vives club.

References

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  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Official website
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Babak Amir-Tahmasseb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • Exhaustive result list on Strasbourg Eaux-Vives website
  • Strasbourg.fr profile