Martin Braud (born 6 January 1982 in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2008.

Career

Braud won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the

2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 31st edition. Medal summary Men's Canoe Kayak Women's Kayak Medal table ReferencesOfficial re ...

. He also won five medals at the

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(1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze). Braud finished fourth in the C2 event at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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. His partner in the C2 boat throughout his active career was

Cédric Forgit Cédric Forgit (born 23 February 1982 in Cognac) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2008. Forgit won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. He also won ...

World Cup individual podiums

¹ European Championship counting for World Cup points :

² Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Angoulême Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Olympic canoeists for France Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{France-canoe-bio-stub