Marcel Renaud (canoeist)

French canoeist
Marcel Renaud
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1926-05-27)27 May 1926
Died5 December 2016(2016-12-05) (aged 90)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportCanoeing
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne C-2 10000 m
Canoe Sprint World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Mâcon K-4 1000 m
Men's canoe slalom
Canoe Slalom World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1949 Geneva C-1 team

Marcel Renaud (27 May 1926 – 5 December 2016) was a French sprint and slalom canoeist who competed in the 1940s and the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. Renaud also won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at Mâcon. In canoe slalom, he won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Geneva.[1]

Renaud's uncle Marcel finished fourth in the 4000 m team pursuit cycling event at Paris in 1924. Both of his sons would win Olympic canoeing medals of their own. His oldest son, Eric, won a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles while his youngest son, Philippe, won a bronze in the C-2 500 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

References

  1. ^ France, Centre. "Nécrologie - Le médaillé olympique Marcel Renaud, Cosnois d'adoption, est mort". lejdc.fr. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • 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. "Marcel Renaud". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Pairs 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 481–2.
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