- Mylanie Barre
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Medal record Women's canoe sprint World Championships Bronze 2003 Gainesville K-2 1000 m Mylanie Barré (born July 25, 1979) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.
Barré also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, her parents also competed in the Summer Olympics. Barré's father, Denis, earned his best finish of eighth in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976. Her mother, Alexandra, won two medals at Los Angeles in 1984 with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 500 m events.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
Categories:- 1979 births
- Canadian canoeists
- Canadian sportswomen
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian emigrants to Canada
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of Canada
- Sportspeople from Quebec
- Canadian canoeist stubs
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