José Garcia (born 10 February 1964) is a
Portuguese sprint canoeist
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 competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the
1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. Men's C-4 500 m and ...
in
Plovdiv
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Garcia also competed in three
Summer Olympics
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, earning his best finish of sixth in the
K-1 1000 m event at
Barcelona
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in
1992
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References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1964 births
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Portugal
Portuguese male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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