Paul Farrant Explained

Birth Date:1935[1]
Birth Place:birth registered in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England[2]
Death Date:17 April 1960
Death Place:Westminster Hospital, Westminster, London, England
Sport:Kayaking
Event:Folding kayak
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Paul Farrant (1935 – 17 April 1960) was a British slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1950s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Geneva.

Farrant worked as a carpenter. Between 1957 and 1960, he was chairman of the Chalfont Park Canoe Club, of which he was a founder member.

Farrant died at Westminster Hospital on 17 April 1960, a day after he was injured in a road accident.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: PAUL, 17, GAINS A PLACE IN BRITAIN'S CANOE TEAM . 3 November 2022 . Middlesex Advertiser and County Gazette . 25 July 1952.
  2. Web site: Birth registration . FreeBMD.
  3. News: CHALFONT CANOEIST KILLED IN EASTER ROAD ACCIDENT . 3 November 2022 . Bucks Examiner . 22 April 1960.