Paul Stinckens
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
World Championships | ||
1974 Mexico City | K-2 10000 m | |
1973 Tampere | K-2 10000 m |
Paul Stinckens (Weert, 25 June 1953) is a Belgian canoe sprinter who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1974 and a bronze in 1973.
Stinckens also competed in three Summer Olympics, but did not advance to the finals in any event he competed. Stinckens' best finish was fourth in the semifinal round twice (K-4 1000 m: 1972, 1976).
Following his athletic career Stinckens founded the company "Unicorn Group" in Overpelt (Belgium), focussing on corporate professional training with outdoor team and leadership development seminars.
References
[edit]- 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)
- Sports-reference.com profile
- Unicorn Group website
- Paul Stinckens at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Belgian male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Belgium
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- 20th-century Belgian sportsmen
- European canoeist stubs
- Belgian sportspeople stubs