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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stoke-on-Trent, England | 17 July 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Nottingham Trent University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 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] Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the C1 event, he finished second and won the silver medal. [5] [6] [7]
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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