Adam Burgess

Adam Burgess (born 17 July 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.

He won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Career Burgess won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with one gold (C1 team: 2026), four silvers (C1: 2026; C1 team: 2017, 2023, 2025) and three bronzes (C1 team: 2018, C2 team: 2013, 2015).

He also won six medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes), including a bronze in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. He is the 2015 U23 World Champion in C1.

His partner in the C2 boat from 2010 to 2015 was Greg Pitt.

He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the C1 event, finishing in 4th place just 0.16 seconds off bronze. Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics he won the silver medal in the C1 event and finished 31st in kayak cross.

Results World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2017 2 July 2017 Markkleeberg 3rd C1 2019 15 June 2019 Lee Valley 2nd C1 2022 19 June 2022 Kraków 3rd C1 2025 7 June 2025 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C1 2026 6 June 2026 Prague 3rd C1 13 June 2026 Augsburg 2nd C1

Complete World Cup results Season still in progress.