Grayson Bourne

Grayson Bourne is a British sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1990) and a silver (K-2 10000 m: 1989).

Grayson Bourne
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Poznań K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1989 Plovdiv K-2 10000 m

Bourne also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. He won 67 British National titles. Bourne now owns the most successful Kayak ergometer company KayakPro USA LLC who have been suppliers of ergometers to the last 5 Olympic Games and to NASA.

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived January 5, 2010)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grayson Bourne (Grayson Hugh Bourne)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
  • "Grayson Bourne". kayakpro.com. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


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