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Paul Farrant
Personal information
Born1935[1]
birth registered in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England[2]
Died17 April 1960
Westminster Hospital, Westminster, London, England
Sport
SportKayaking
EventFolding kayak

Medal record

Men's slalom canoeing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Geneva Folding K-1

Paul Farrant (1935 – 17 April 1960) was a British slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsinGeneva.

Farrant worked as a carpenter. Between 1957 and 1960, he was chairman of the Chalfont Park Canoe Club, of which he was a founder member.

Farrant died at Westminster Hospital on 17 April 1960, a day after he was injured in a road accident.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PAUL, 17, GAINS A PLACE IN BRITAIN'S CANOE TEAM". Middlesex Advertiser and County Gazette. 25 July 1952. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  • ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD.
  • ^ "CHALFONT CANOEIST KILLED IN EASTER ROAD ACCIDENT". Bucks Examiner. 22 April 1960. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

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