Léon Roth (born 10 September 1926) is a Luxembourgian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He was born in

Diekirch Diekirch ( lb, Dikrech or (locally) ; from ''Diet-Kirch'', i.e. "people's church") is a commune with town status in north-eastern Luxembourg, capital city of the canton Diekirch and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Diekirch. The t ...

. At the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, he finished 17th in the K-1 10000 m event. He was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the

Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (French: ''Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg'') is an order of merit of Luxembourg, instituted on 23 January 1961 by Grand Duchess Charlotte. Grand Master of the order is the Grand ...

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1926 births Living people Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Diekirch Luxembourgian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Luxembourg Knights of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-canoe-bio-stub