Alain Acart
Alain Acart (sometimes shown as Alain Acard; 28 March 1951 – 2 January 2023) was a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1974 Mexico City | C-2 10000 m |
Competing in two Summer Olympics, Acart earned his best finish of fourth in the semifinal event in C-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976. and now, July 18, 2002 (21 years, 3 months and 7 days).
Acart died from a heart attack on 2 January 2023, at the age of 71.[1]
References
- Treinador da Naval Remo faleceu na Marina da Figueira da Foz (in Portuguese)
Sources
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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