Campbell Walsh (born 26 November 1977 in

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) is a Scottish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2012. Competing in two

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, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in

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. Walsh won three medals at the

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with a silver (K1 team:

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) and two individual bronzes (K1:

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). He is the overall

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Champion in K1 from

. He is the

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individual

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, and the

European Team Champion along with

Richard Hounslow Richard John Hounslow (born 19 December 1981) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. He started out as a specialist in the kayak (K1) category, but in 2009 he also started co ...

and

Huw Swetnam Huw Swetnam is a British slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell. He also won three medals in the same event at the Eu ...

. He also has 1 silver and 2 bronze medals from the European Championships.

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

12 September 2009 final results for the men's K1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- Retrieved 12 September 2009.
ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
1977 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Glasgow Scottish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing Scottish Olympic competitors Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics British male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{UK-canoe-bio-stub