Javier Correa (canoeist)

Javier Andrés Correa (born July 17, 1976 in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro) is an Argentine sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-1 1000 m: 2001, 2002) and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 2001, K-1 1000 m: 1998).

Javier Correa
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Poznań K-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Szeged K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Poznań K-1 500 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo K-1 1000 m

Correa also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-1 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000. He also won the Platinum Konex Award from Argentina in canoeing in 2010.

References edit

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • 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. "Javier Correa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.