Lia Rousset (born October 5, 1977 in
Alhambra, California
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) is an American
sprint canoer
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 in the mid-1990s. At the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta
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, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-4 500 m events.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1977 births
American female canoeists
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for the United States
Sportspeople from Alhambra, California
21st-century American women
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