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Born | Olivos, Argentina | 21 December 1994|||||||||||||||||
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Country | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||
Event | K1, C1, C2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Lucas Rossi (born 21 December 1994) is an Argentine slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. [1]
In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's K1 event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [2] [3] Four years earlier, in 2015, he won the bronze medal in the C2 event at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.
He competed in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished 21st after being eliminated in the heats. [4]
His older brother Sebastián is also a slalom canoeist.
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