Howard Watkins (born 16 October 1951) is an
Irish canoe sprinter who competed in the early to mid-1970s. At the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in
Munich
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, he was eliminated in the repechages of the
K-2 1000 m event and the semifinals of the
K-1 1000 m event.
Four years later in
Montreal
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, Watkins was eliminated in the repechages of both the
K-2 1000 m and the
K-4 1000 m events.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1951 births
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Irish male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Ireland
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