Jean-Pierre Burny

Jean-Pierre Burny

Paul Hoekstra and Jean-Pierre Burny (right) in 1975
Personal information
Born	12 November 1944 (1944-11-12) (age 80) Mont-Saint-Guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	canoe sprint
Club	KCC Gent, Gent RCNML, Anseremme
Medal record Representing Belgium World Championships 1970 Copenhagen K-1 500 m 1971 Belgrade K-2 500 m

Jean-Pierre Burny (Mont-Saint-Guibert, 12 November 1944) is a Belgian canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1971) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1970).

Burny also competed in three Summer Olympics in 1968–1976 with the best result of fourth place in the K-1 1000 m event in 1972.

References

• 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. "Jean-Pierre Burny". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009.