Adam Burgess
Adam Burgess is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career
Burgess won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three silvers and three bronzes. He also won six medals at the European Championships, including a bronze in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. He is the 2015 U23 World Champion in C1.His partner in the C2 boat from 2010 to 2015 was Greg Pitt.
He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the C1 event, finishing in 4th place just 0.16 seconds off bronze. Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics he won the silver medal in the C1 event and finished 31st in kayak cross.