Philippe Renaud

Philippe Renaud
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul C-2 500 m
World Championships
1991 Paris C-4 500 m
1989 Plovdiv C-2 500 m
1989 Plovdiv C-4 500 m

Philippe Renaud (born November 23, 1962) is a French sprint canoer who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Seoul in 1988.

Renaud also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 1991) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m and C-4 500 m: both 1989).

His father, Marcel won a silver in the C-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. His brother, Eric, won a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. A great-uncle, also named Marcel, finished fourth in the 4000 m team pursuit cycling event at Paris in 1924.

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