Simon Werro

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Simon Werro
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Simon (left) and Lukas at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) (age 34)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe slalom

Simon Werro (born 9 December 1989) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who has competed since 2010. [2] Together with his younger brother Lukas he placed ninth in the slalom doubles (C2) event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Simon Werro. rio2016.com
  2. "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.