Alain Acard
Encyclopedia
Alain Acard is a French
sprint canoer
who competed in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Mexico City
.
Competing in two Summer Olympics, Acard earned his best finish of fourth in the semifinal event in C-2 1000 m
event at Montreal
in 1976
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
who competed in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place out side of Europe. , all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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Competing in two Summer Olympics, Acard earned his best finish of fourth in the semifinal event in C-2 1000 m
Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's C-2 1000 metres
The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:The 15 teams first raced in two heats on July 29...
event at Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 1976
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
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