Ian Wynne (born 30 November 1973) is a British
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at
Athens in
2004
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In the same year he won the silver medal in the same event at the European Championships at
Poznań, Poland, as well as the bronze in the K-2 1000 m with partner
Paul Darby-Dowman
Paul Darby-Dowman (born 25 November 1977) is a British sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-2 1000 m event at Athens in 2004
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In 2005 he finished seventh in the K-1 500 m at the
world championships in
Zagreb, Croatia. In October 2007 he crossed the
English Channel between Great Britain and France in a new record time of 2:59,06 hours.
Wynne, who was born in
Tonbridge, is a member of the
Royal Canoe Club. He is 184 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lbs). As a teenager he represented Great Britain in international
swimming championships.
Ian Wynne is now the British men's 1000m team coach.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1973 births
English male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
People from Tonbridge
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
British male canoeists
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
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