Eric Hurd (born May 19, 1986 in

Kennesaw, Georgia Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its ...

) is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2014 under the guidance of the legendary Micajah Mccury. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed in the C2 event together with Jeff Larimer. They did not advance to the semifinals after finishing 12th in the qualifying round. The pair qualified by winning the 2012 Pan American Championship and winning the US trials. His father and Larimer's father were also both competitive canoeists, even training together on the Chattahoochee River.

World Cup individual podiums

¹ Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Kennesaw, Georgia American male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the United States Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics {{US-canoe-bio-stub