Frank Adisson

Frank Adisson (born 24 July 1969, in Tarbes) is a French slalom canoeist. He competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, in three Summer Olympics. He won two medals in the C2 event with a gold medal in 1996 and a bronze medal in 1992.

Frank Adisson
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaC2
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaC2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1991 TacenC2
Gold medal – first place1991 TacenC2 team
Gold medal – first place1997 Três CoroasC2
Gold medal – first place1997 Três CoroasC2 team
Silver medal – second place1993 MezzanaC2 team
Silver medal – second place1995 NottinghamC2
Silver medal – second place1995 NottinghamC2 team
Bronze medal – third place1993 MezzanaC2
Bronze medal – third place1999 La Seu d'UrgellC2 team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2000 MezzanaC2

Frank Adisson also won four medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds in (1991, 1997), a silver in (1995), and a bronze in (1993). He earned 5 more medals in the C2 team event (2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).

He won the World Cup series in C2 in 1996 and 1997. He also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2000 European Championships.

His partner in the boat throughout the whole of his career was Wilfrid Forgues (now known as Sandra Forgues).[1]

Frank Adisson is also a graduate of the EM Lyon Business School.[2]

World Cup individual podiums
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
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Season Date Venue Position Event
19901 July 1990Wausau1stC2
1990Savage River3rdC2
11 August 1990Augsburg3rdC2
199111 July 1991Reals3rdC2
199231 May 1992Nottingham1stC2
199318 July 1993La Seu d'Urgell3rdC2
25 July 1993Lofer3rdC2
21 August 1993Minden2ndC2
199426 June 1994Nottingham1stC2
18 September 1994Asahi, Aichi2ndC2
19959 July 1995Mezzana2ndC2
16 July 1995Lofer1stC2
199621 April 1996Ocoee1stC2
16 June 1996Augsburg1stC2
29 September 1996Três Coroas1stC2
199722 June 1997Bourg St.-Maurice1stC2
29 June 1997Björbo2ndC2
28 July 1997Ocoee1stC2
199821 June 1998Tacen3rdC2
28 June 1998Augsburg1stC2
19993 October 1999Penrith2ndC2
200030 April 2000Penrith1stC2
2 July 2000Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre2ndC2

References
  1. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. "Profile". em-lyon.com.


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