Jeremy West

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Jeremy West
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Montreal K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1986 Montreal K-1 1000 m

Jeremy West (born 29 April 1961) is a British sprint canoeist who competed in the mid to late 1980s. He won two gold medals at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events.

West also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.

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. "Jeremy West". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.