Anne Boixel
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Anne Boixel is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 slalom canoer
Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...

 who competed in the 1990s. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years...

 with three golds (K-1 team: 1989
1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on Savage River in Garrett County, Maryland near Pittsburgh in the United States under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. As of 2009, it is the only time the championships have ever been held in the United States...

, 1993
1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Mezzana, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the first time that the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as separate nations following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia earlier that...

, 1995
1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Nottingham, Great Britain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. Nottingham became the first city to host the canoe slalom and canoe sprint world championships, having hosted the sprint championships previously in...

) and three silvers (K-1: 1993, 1995; K-1 team: 1997
1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Três Coroas, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the first time the championships were held in South America.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Kayak:-Medals table:-References:...

).

Boixel also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of sixth in the K-1
Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's slalom K-1
These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course...

 at Atlanta in 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

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