Benoît Bernard
Benoît Bernard (born 17 October 1969) is a French sprint canoer. He competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1991 Paris | C-4 500 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1989 Plovdiv | C-4 500 m |
| 1995 Dusiburg | C-4 200 m |
Bernard won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 1991) and two bronzes (C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1989).
In 2009, he signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland concerning his 1977 charge of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.[1]
References
- "Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski !". La Règle du jeu (in French). 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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