Émilie Fournel (born October 26, 1986) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the

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, and in the K-1 5000 m at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Fournel competed in the K-4 500 m event at the

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, but was eliminated in the semifinals, and the K-1 200 m and

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her father, Jean Fournel, competed for

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in sprint canoe at the

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. Her brother

Hugues Fournel Hugues Fournel (born 5 August 1988) is a Canadian kayaker. He was born in Lachine, Quebec. Fournel was the 2011 Pan American champion in the men's K-2 200 m together with Ryan Cochrane. He competed in K-2 200 and 1000 m together with Cochra ...

also competed at the

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in the Men's K-2 200 metres with Ryan Cochrane. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.

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* * * * * 1986 births Canadian female canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada People from Dorval French Quebecers Canoeists from Montreal ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub