Koutoua Francis Abia (born August 13, 1965) is an
Ivorian sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who has competed since the early 1990s. At the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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, he was eliminated in the repechages of the
K-2 500 m event.
Four years later in
Atlanta
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, Abia was eliminated in the repechages of the
K-1 500 m event. At his third and
most recent Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, he was eliminated in the first round in both the
K-1 500 m and the
K-1 1000 m events.
External links
Sports-Reference.com profile
1965 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Ivorian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Ivory Coast
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