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Mylanie Barré

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Mylanie Barré
Personal information
BornJuly 25, 1979 (1979-07-25) (age 45)
Budapest, Hungary
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Gainesville K-2 1000 m

Mylanie Barré (born July 25, 1979) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville.

Barré also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, her parents also competed in the Summer Olympics. Barré's father, Denis, earned his best finish of eighth in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976. Her mother, Alexandra, won two medals at Los Angeles in 1984 with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 500 m events.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mylanie Barré". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02.
  • 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)