Name Ian Wynne Role Olympic athlete | Weight 84 kg | |
Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres | ||
Ian wynne at hemsby march 2015
Ian Wynne (born 30 November 1973 in Tonbridge) is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Athens in 2004.
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In the same year he won the silver medal in the same event at the European Championships at Poznań, Poland, as well as the bronze in the K-2 1000 m with partner Paul Darby-Dowman.
In 2005 he finished seventh in the K-1 500 m at the world championships in Zagreb, Croatia. In October 2007 he crossed the English Channel between Great Britain and France in a new record time of 2:59,06 hours.
Wynne is a member of the Royal Canoe Club. He is 184 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lbs). As a teenager he represented Great Britain in international swimming championships.
Ian Wynne is now the British men's 1000m team coach. Coaching the next generation of British sprint kayakers at GB canoeing