Adam Burgess (born 17 July 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career Burgess won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with one gold (C1 team: 2026), four silvers (C1: 2026; C1 team: 2017, 2023, 2025) and three bronzes (C1 team: 2018, C2 team: 2013, 2015).
He also won six medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes), including a bronze in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. He is the 2015 U23 World Champion in C1.
His partner in the C2 boat from 2010 to 2015 was Greg Pitt.
He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the C1 event, finishing in 4th place just 0.16 seconds off bronze. Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics he won the silver medal in the C1 event and finished 31st in kayak cross.
Results World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2017 2 July 2017 Markkleeberg 3rd C1 2019 15 June 2019 Lee Valley 2nd C1 2022 19 June 2022 Kraków 3rd C1 2025 7 June 2025 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C1 2026 6 June 2026 Prague 3rd C1 13 June 2026 Augsburg 2nd C1
Complete World Cup results Year Class WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position2011 C1 Tacen L'Argentière 24Markkleeberg Prague 17 48th C2211418 28 24th2012 C1 Cardiff Pau 36La Seu Prague 4Bratislava 48 30th C220207 87 21st 2013 C2Cardiff 10 Augsburg La Seu Tacen Bratislava 27 26th2014 C1 Lee Valley Tacen Prague 34La Seu 21 Augsburg 24 45th C219121412 87 13th2015 C1Prague 20Kraków Liptovský Mikuláš 30La Seu 20Pau 15 107 19th C2252325 6 37th 2016 C1Ivrea 16La Seu 9Pau 6Prague 5Tacen 4 2413rd 2017 C1Prague 59Augsburg 24Markkleeberg 3 Ivrea La Seu 29 83 29th 2018 C1Liptovský Mikuláš 30Kraków 8Augsburg 7 Tacen La Seu 15 139 13th 2019 C1Lee Valley 2 Bratislava Tacen Markkleeberg Prague 15 139 11th 2021 C1Prague 9Markkleeberg 37La Seu 19 Pau 62* 18th* * Season still in progress.
References
External links
Adam Burgess at Paddle UK