Cyrille Carré (born 11 May 1984 in

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) is a French

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and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the

2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on August 9–12, 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, S ...

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. Carré also finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at the

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(with

Philippe Colin Philippe Colin (born 14 September 1979) is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2007, K-4 1000 m: 2010) and a silver (K-4 ...

). At the

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, he competed in the K-1 1000 m, finishing in 12th.

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* * * * * 1984 births Living people French male canoeists Olympic canoeists of France Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing European Games bronze medalists for France Canoeists at the 2015 European Games ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships Sportspeople from Auxerre Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Canoeists at the 2019 European Games {{France-canoe-bio-stub