Campbell Walsh
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Campbell Walsh (born 26 November 1977 in Glasgow
Glasgow
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) is a Scottish
Scotland
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 slalom canoer. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Athens
Athens
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 in 2004
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

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Walsh has won three 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 a silver (K-1 team: 2009
2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on 9–13 September 2009 at Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. La Seu d'Urgell hosted the event previously in 1999. A demonstration event for women's single seat Canadian took...

) and two individual bronzes (K-1: 2006
2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. Prague became the second city to host both the slalom and sprint world championships, having hosted the latter in 1958 when Prague was part of Czechoslovakia...

, 2007
2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Kayak:-Medals table:-References:***...

).

He was the overall World Cup Champion in K-1 in 2004
2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of six races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation . It was the 17th edition. The series consisted of 5 regular world cup races and the world cup final....

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He was the 2008 individual European Champion
European Canoe Slalom Championships
The European Canoe Slalom Championships is an annual international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association since 1996...

, and the 2009 European Team Champion along with Richard Hounslow
Richard Hounslow
Richard Hounslow is a British slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver and three bronzes ....

 and Huw Swetnam
Huw Swetnam
Huw Swetnam is a British slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell.-References:* - accessed 12 September 2009....

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