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Philippe Boccara (born July 6, 1959) is a French-born American sprint kayaker who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s (decade). He appeared in six Olympics for France (1980 to 1992) and the United States (1996, 2000).

Philippe Boccara

Medal record
Men's Kayak sprint
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1985 Mechelen	K-2 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 10000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-1 10000 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 10000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-1 1000 m

He won a bronze medal for France in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Olympics with teammates François Barouh, Pascal Boucherit, and Didier Vavasseur.

Boccara also won six medals for the French at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 10000 m: 1990, K-2 1000 m: 1985, K-2 10000 m: 1987, 1991), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1987), and a bronze (K-1 1000 m: 1990).

In 2000, he became the first Kayaker to compete at six Olympics. This was matched four years later by German-born Italian Josefa Idem-Guerrini and German Birgit Fischer. (Idem-Guerrini went on in 2008 to become the first canoeist to compete at seven Olympics.)

He is the first French-born athlete to compete at six Olympics. This was matched by legendary French cyclist Jeannie Longo in 2004 and surpassed by her in 2008.

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

• 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)
• Philippe Boccara at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Philippe Boccara

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[fr] Philippe Boccara

Philippe Boccara, né le 6 juillet 1959 au Mans, est un kayakiste français, puis américain, pratiquant la course en ligne. Il participe à 6 olympiades; pour la France en 1980, 1984, 1988 et 1992 et pour les États-Unis en 1996 et 2000.

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[ru] Боккара, Филипп

Фили́пп Боккара́ (фр. Philippe Boccara; 6 июля 1959, Ле-Ман) — французский гребец-байдарочник, выступал за сборные Франции и США на всём протяжении 1980-х и 1990-х годов. Участник шести летних Олимпийских игр, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр в Лос-Анджелесе, четырёхкратный чемпион мира, победитель многих регат национального и международного значения.

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