Adam Burgess
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1992 Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Nottingham Trent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | C1, C2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stafford & Stone Canoe Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adam Burgess (born 17 July 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.[1]
He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career
Burgess won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (C1 team: 2017, 2023) and three bronzes (C1 team: 2018, C2 team: 2013, 2015). He also won six medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes), including a bronze in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. He is the 2015 U23 World Champion in C1.[2]
His partner in the C2 boat from 2010 to 2015 was Greg Pitt.
He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the C1 event, finishing in 4th place just 0.16 seconds off bronze.[3][4] Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the C1 event, he finished second and won the silver medal.[5][6][7]
Results
World Cup individual podiums
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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| 2017 | 2 July 2017 | Markkleeberg | 3rd | C1 |
| 2019 | 15 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 2nd | C1 |
| 2022 | 19 June 2022 | Kraków | 3rd | C1 |
| 2025 | 7 June 2025 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C1 |
Complete World Cup results
| Year | Class | WC1 | WC2 | WC3 | WC4 | WC5 | Points | Position |
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| 2011 | C1 | Tacen |
L'Argentière 24 |
Markkleeberg |
Prague |
17 | 48th | |
| C2 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 24th | |||
| 2012 | C1 | Cardiff |
Pau 36 |
La Seu |
Prague 4 |
Bratislava |
48 | 30th |
| C2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 87 | 21st | |||
| 2013 | C2 | Cardiff 10 |
Augsburg |
La Seu |
Tacen |
Bratislava |
27 | 26th |
| 2014 | C1 | Lee Valley |
Tacen |
Prague 34 |
La Seu 21 |
Augsburg |
24 | 45th |
| C2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 87 | 13th | ||
| 2015 | C1 | Prague 20 |
Kraków |
Liptovský Mikuláš 30 |
La Seu 20 |
Pau 15 |
107 | 19th |
| C2 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 37th | |||
| 2016 | C1 | Ivrea 16 |
La Seu 9 |
Pau 6 |
Prague 5 |
Tacen 4 |
241 | 3rd |
| 2017 | C1 | Prague 59 |
Augsburg 24 |
Markkleeberg 3 |
Ivrea |
La Seu 29 |
83 | 29th |
| 2018 | C1 | Liptovský Mikuláš 30 |
Kraków 8 |
Augsburg 7 |
Tacen |
La Seu 15 |
139 | 13th |
| 2019 | C1 | Lee Valley 2 |
Bratislava |
Tacen |
Markkleeberg |
Prague 15 |
139 | 11th |
| 2021 | C1 | Prague 9 |
Markkleeberg 37 |
La Seu 19 |
Pau |
62* | 18th* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "GB Canoeing profile". Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Adam BURGESS (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Travers, Chris (21 January 2020). "Sports Awards: Adam Burgess paddles his way to the Olympic Games". stokesentinel. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Results (Tokyo)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Men's Canoe Single Final Results". Olympics.com. 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain's Burgess wins canoe slalom silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Adam Burgess banishes memories of Tokyo to win first Olympic medal". The Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
- Adam Burgess at the International Canoe Federation
- Adam Burgess at Olympics.com
- Adam Burgess at Team GB
- Adam Burgess at Olympedia