Rubén Oscar Voisard Rézola (born 21 April 1991 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an

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sprint canoeist. He won the gold medal in the men's kayak doubles (200 m) at the

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in Toronto, Canada and silver medal in the men's kayak doubles (200 m) at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara, Mexico, earning him a spot on the Argentine team for the Olympics. Voisard is also a member of the canoe and kayak team for Argentina's Natural Reserve Boating Association ( es, Asociacion Nautica Reserva Natural), and is coached and trained by Damian Dossena. Voisard represented Argentina at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, where he competed in the men's K-2 200 metres. Voisard and his partner

Miguel Correa Miguel Antonio Correa (born 11 October 1983) is an Argentine sprint canoeist who competed since the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events. At t ...

finished fifth in the final by four hundredths of a second (0.04) ahead of the Australian pair Jesse Phillips and

Stephen Bird Stephen Bird (born 11 May 1988) is a South African-born Australian sprint canoeist. He is a three-time national champion (2010, 2011, and 2012) in the men's kayak doubles (200 m), and a member of the Canning River Canoe Club in Perth, Western Au ...

, with a time of 35.271 seconds. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, Rézola competed in K-1 200 m, finishing in 16th place. He competed in the men's K-1 200 metres at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* * * * * * * 1991 births Living people Argentine male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Argentina Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Argentine people of French descent Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina {{Argentina-canoe-bio-stub