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Adam van Koeverden Profile |
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Birth Date: January 29, 1982
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Birth Place: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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Birth Name: Adam Joseph van Koeverden
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Biography |
Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982 in
Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian flatwater kayak racer and
reigning Olympic champion in K-1 500 m.
He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m at the 1999 world
junior championships in Zagreb, Croatia, and then became
world junior marathon champion in 2000. His first success as
a senior came with a silver medal at the 2003 world
championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the men's K-1 1000
m event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Van Koeverden won two
medals, including a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in
the K-1 1000 m. He was Canada's flag bearer at the closing
ceremonies and was later awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as
Canada's top athlete of 2004.
In 2005, van Koeverden won two medals at the 2005 Flatwater
Racing World Championships: a silver in the K-1 1000 m and a
bronze in the K-1 500 m. At the 2006 Flatwater Racing World
Championships in Hungary, Van Koeverden failed to win a
medal, finishing fourth in both the K-1 500 m and 1000 m
finals. At the 2006 Canadian Sprint Canoe Championships in
Regina, Saskatchewan, he won five gold medals (K-1 1000 m,
K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m, K-4 200 m, and War Canoe), and two
silver medals (K-1 200 m and K-2 200 m).
Van Koeverden is a student at McMaster University. His home
club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville. |
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