Adam van Koeverden
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Adam van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982 at Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian flatwater kayak racer. He is a student at McMaster University. He won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the men's kayak singles 1000 m event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won 2 medals including a bronze in the same event and a gold in the kayak singles 500 m. In 2005 he won two medals at the Zagreb World Championships - silver in the K-1 1000m and bronze in the K-1 500m. His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville.
| Canadian medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Image:Canadaolympiclogo.JPG | ||
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| Gold: Kyle Shewfelt, men's floor exercise gymnastics; Lori-Ann Muenzer, women's 200 m track cycling sprint; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 500 m kayak; Chantal Petitclerc, women's 800 m wheelchair (demonstration event) | |||
| Silver: Karen Cockburn, women's trampoline gymnastics; Cameron Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Barney Williams, men's four rowing team; Tonya Verbeek, women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling; Alexandre Despatie, 3 m springboard diving; Marie-Hélène Prémont, women's cross country mountain bike; Ross MacDonald and Mike Wolfs, Star class sailing regatta | |||
| Bronze: Blythe Hartley and Émilie Heymans, women's synchronized 10 m platform diving; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 1000 m kayak; Caroline Brunet, K1 500 m kayak | |||
