Éric Koechlin (11 November 1950 – 9 November 2014) was a French
slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the
1973
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Muotathal. Koechlin also finished 16th in the
K-1 event at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
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Munich. He was at the end of his life a regional director of the Institut National du Sport et de l'Éducation Physique.
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Eric Koechlin's obituary
1950 births
2014 deaths
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
French male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for France
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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