Jacky Avril
Encyclopedia
Jacky Avril is a French
slalom canoer
who competed in the early 1990s. He won the bronze medal in the C-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
.
Avril also won two medals at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
in Tacen with a silver in the C-1 team and a bronze in the C-1 events.
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...
slalom canoer
Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
who competed in the early 1990s. He won the bronze medal in the C-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Avril also won two medals at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Tacen, Yugoslavia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. This was one of the last events held in Yugoslavia prior to the Yugoslav wars and subsequent breakup...
in Tacen with a silver in the C-1 team and a bronze in the C-1 events.