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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stoke-on-Trent, England | 17 June 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | C1, C2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Stafford & Stone Canoe Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adam Burgess (born 17 July 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. [1]
He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (C1 team: 2017, 2023) and three bronzes (C1 team: 2018, C2 team: 2013, 2015). He also won five medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronzes), including a bronze in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. He is the 2015 U23 World Champion in C1. [2]
His partner in the C2 boat from 2010 to 2015 was Greg Pitt.
He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the C1 event, finishing in 4th place just 0.16 seconds off bronze. [3] [4]
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2017 | 2 July 2017 | Markkleeberg | 3rd | C1 |
2019 | 15 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 2nd | C1 |
2022 | 19 June 2022 | Kraków | 3rd | C1 |
Year | Class | WC1 | WC2 | WC3 | WC4 | WC5 | Points | Position |
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2011 | C1 | Tacen | L'Argentière 24 | Markkleeberg | Prague | 17 | 48th | |
C2 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 24th | |||
2012 | C1 | Cardiff | Pau 36 | La Seu | Prague 4 | Bratislava | 48 | 30th |
C2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 87 | 21st | |||
2013 | C2 | Cardiff 10 | Augsburg | La Seu | Tacen | Bratislava | 27 | 26th |
2014 | C1 | Lee Valley | Tacen | Prague 34 | La Seu 21 | Augsburg | 24 | 45th |
C2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 87 | 13th | ||
2015 | C1 | Prague 20 | Kraków | Liptovský Mikuláš 30 | La Seu 20 | Pau 15 | 107 | 19th |
C2 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 37th | |||
2016 | C1 | Ivrea 16 | La Seu 9 | Pau 6 | Prague 5 | Tacen 4 | 241 | 3rd |
2017 | C1 | Prague 59 | Augsburg 24 | Markkleeberg 3 | Ivrea | La Seu 29 | 83 | 29th |
2018 | C1 | Liptovský Mikuláš 30 | Kraków 8 | Augsburg 7 | Tacen | La Seu 15 | 139 | 13th |
2019 | C1 | Lee Valley 2 | Bratislava | Tacen | Markkleeberg | Prague 15 | 139 | 11th |
2021 | C1 | Prague 9 | Markkleeberg 37 | La Seu 19 | Pau | 62* | 18th* |
* Season still in progress.
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