Andrew Russell (born January 26, 1983) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who has paddled since he was a young boy, alongside his three brothers at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Banook Canoe Club. He won a silver medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the

2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary, from August 17 to 20 2006. This was the second time the Hungarian city had hosted the championships, doing so previously in 1998. Men race as individuals, pairs and qua ...

in Szeged. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, Russell finished fifth in the C-2 500 m and sixth in the C-2 1000 m events.

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1983 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games competitors for Canada {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub