Alan Thompson

Olympic athlete

1959 –

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Who is Alan Thompson?

Alan Thompson is a sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. Competing at three Summer Olympics, he won both of his gold medals at Los Angeles in 1984, earning them in the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events. Thompson is only one of ten New Zealanders to have won two or more olympic gold medals.

Thompson also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers, and a bronze.

After retiring from top-level canoeing Thompson became a coach, selector and manager for New Zealand canoeing teams and eventually became president of the New Zealand Canoeing Federation.

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Born
Jun 14, 1959
New Zealand

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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