Ian Wynne
Kent Connections include: Hildenborough,
Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells
Olympic Sport: Canoeing
Olympic Games: 2000, 2004
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Ian Wynne was born in Tonbridge in 1973.
He started canoeing at Tonbridge Canoe Club when he was nine
years old; then trained with the Monson Swimming Club at
Tunbridge Wells and, as a teenager, represented Great Britain in
swimming championships.
At the 2004 European Championships he gained a Silver medal K1
500m and Bronze medal K2 1000m. At the Olympics of the same year he
arrived for the K1 500m final on crutches, having sprained his
ankle in a fall while stepping off a bus the previous
evening. Nevertheless, he gained a Bronze medal.
In 2007 he set a new record for crossing the English Channel in
a canoe, and in October 2011, helped his young protégé, Paul
Wycherley, to beat his record and raise over £100,000 for
charity.
He is currently Great Britain Canoe Sprint Olympic Programme
Technical Coach, providing individualised coaching support to
nominated Great Britain Canoeing Olympic Programme
athletes.
