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Robert Boutigny

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Robert Boutigny
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London C-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1950 Copenhagen C-1 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1950 Copenhagen C-1 1000 m

Robert Boutigny (born July 24, 1927) is a French sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at London in 1948. Boutigny also won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in the C-1 10000 m and a silver in the C-1 1000 m events.

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