Grayson Bourne
British sprint canoer
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Grayson Bourne is a British canoe sprinter who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1990) and a silver (K-2 10000 m: 1989).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  United Kingdom | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1990 Poznań | K-2 10000 m |
 | 1989 Plovdiv | K-2 10000 m |
Bourne also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. He won 67 British National titles. Bourne now owns the most successful Kayak ergometer company KayakPro USA LLC who have been suppliers of ergometers to the last 5 Olympic Games and to NASA.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grayson Bourne (Grayson Hugh Bourne)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
- "Grayson Bourne". kayakpro.com. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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