Jean-Pierre Burny
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Paul Hoekstra and Jean-Pierre Burny (right) in 1975 | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
12 November 1944 (age 71) Mont-Saint-Guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | canoe sprint | ||||||||||||
| Club |
KCC Gent, Gent RCNML, Anseremme | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean-Pierre Burny (born 12 November 1944) is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1971) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1970).
Burny also competed in three Summer Olympics in 1968–1976 with the best result of fourth place in the K-1 1000 m event in 1972.
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- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
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