Adam Burgess

Adam Burgess

Burgess in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33) Stoke-on-Trent, England
Education	Nottingham Trent University
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	C1, C2
Club	Stafford & Stone Canoe Club
Medal record Men's Canoe slalom Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 2024 Paris C1 World Championships 2017 Pau C1 team 2023 London C1 team 2013 Prague C2 team 2015 London C2 team 2018 Rio de Janeiro C1 team European Games 2023 Kraków C1 team European Championships 2012 Augsburg C2 team 2025 Vaires-sur-Marne C1 team 2018 Prague C1 2015 Markkleeberg C1 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team U23 World Championships 2015 Foz do Iguaçu C1 2012 Wausau C2 team 2015 Foz do Iguaçu C1 team U23 European Championships 2011 Banja Luka C1 team 2011 Banja Luka C2 team 2012 Solkan C2 team Junior World Championships 2010 Foix C1 team

Adam Burgess (born 17 July 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. ^[1]

He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Career

Burgess 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 six medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 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]} Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the C1 event, he finished second and won the silver medal. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2017	2 July 2017	Markkleeberg	3rd	C1
2019	15 June 2019	Lee Valley	2nd	C1
2022	19 June 2022	Kraków	3rd	C1
2025	7 June 2025	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C1

Complete World Cup results

Year	Class	WC1	WC2	WC3	WC4	WC5	Points	Position
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.

References

1. "GB Canoeing profile" . Retrieved 29 September 2013.
2. "Adam BURGESS (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
3. Travers, Chris (21 January 2020). "Sports Awards: Adam Burgess paddles his way to the Olympic Games". stokesentinel. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
4. "Results (Tokyo)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
5. "Men's Canoe Single Final Results". Olympics.com. 29 July 2024.
6. "Great Britain's Burgess wins canoe slalom silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
7. "Adam Burgess banishes memories of Tokyo to win first Olympic medal". The Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

• Adam Burgess at the International Canoe Federation
• Adam Burgess at Olympics.com
• Adam Burgess at Team GB
• Adam Burgess at Olympedia