Didier Vavasseur (born 7 February 1961) is a French

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

Career

Vavasseur competed in the 1980s. Participating in two

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, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

References

Sports-reference.com profile
1961 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub