Jacky Avril

{{short description|French slalom canoeist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{infobox sportsperson | image = Jacky Avril Seo de Urgell 1992.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|19 July 1964|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vierzon, France | relatives = Alexandre Avril (nephew) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}} {{MedalCountry| {{FRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|1992 Barcelona|C1}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1987 Bourg St.-Maurice|C1 team}} {{MedalSilver|1989 Savage River|C1 team}} {{MedalSilver|1991 Tacen|C1 team}} {{MedalBronze|1991 Tacen|C1}} }}

'''Jacky Avril''' (born 19 July 1964 in Vierzon) is a French slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won the bronze medal in the C1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Avril also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three silvers (C1 team: 1987, 1989, 1991) and one bronze (C1: 1991).

==World Cup individual podiums==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" !Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event |- | '''1992''' || align=right| 20 Jun 1992 ||align=left| Bourg St.-Maurice || bgcolor=silver|2nd || C1 |}

==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070309065125/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AVRILJAC01 DatabaseOlympics.com] *{{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/av/jacky-avril-1.html |title=Jacky Avril |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715013228/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/av/jacky-avril-1.html |archive-date=2011-07-15 |url-status=dead}}

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