Philippe Renaud

French sprint canoer (born 1962)
Philippe Renaud
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul C-2 500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris C-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Plovdiv C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Plovdiv C-4 500 m

Philippe Renaud (born 23 November 1962) is a French sprint canoeist who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Seoul in 1988.

Renaud also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 1991) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m and C-4 500 m: both 1989).

His father, Marcel won a silver in the C-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. His brother, Eric, won a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. A great-uncle, also named Marcel, finished fourth in the 4000 m team pursuit cycling event at Paris in 1924.

References

  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • 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)
  • Sports-reference.com profile
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Pairs 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 481.


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