Paul Farrant (1935 – 17 April 1960) was a British slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-1 event at the

1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 6th edition. The mixed C2 team event was not held at these championships after taking ...

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. Farrant worked as a carpenter. Between 1957 and 1960, he was chairman of the Chalfont Park Canoe Club, of which he was a founder member. Farrant died at Westminster Hospital on 17 April 1960, a day after he was injured in a road accident.

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* 1935 births 1960 deaths British male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{UK-canoe-bio-stub