Jean Pessina

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Jean Pessina
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
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World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1957 Augsburg C-2 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1959 Geneva C-2 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1961 Hainsberg C-2 team

Jean Pessina is a Swiss retired slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won three medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver (1957) and two bronzes (C-2 team: 1959, 1961). [1]

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References

  1. "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.