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Philippe Colin (born 14 September 1979) is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...
with two golds (K-2 1000 m:
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, K-4 1000 m:
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) and a silver (K-4 1000 m:
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). Colin also finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m 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 ...
in
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.


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* * 1979 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of France Sportspeople from Besançon ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games {{France-canoe-bio-stub