Béatrice Knopf-Basson (born 29 June 1958 in
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...
) is a French
sprint canoer
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who competed in the 1980s. Competing in three
Summer Olympics
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, she earned her best finish of fifth in the
K-1 500 m event at
Los Angeles
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in
1984
Events
January
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.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
External links
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1958 births
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
French female canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Sportspeople from Mulhouse
20th-century French sportswomen
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