Philippe Aubertin (born 23 April 1969 in
Nancy) is a French
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of fourth in the
K-2 500 m event at
Sydney
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in
2000
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.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
External links
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1966 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
French male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Sportspeople from Nancy, France
20th-century French sportsmen
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