Alain Acart (sometimes shown as Alain Acard; 28 March 1951 – 2 January 2023) was a French canoe sprinter who competed in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal, alongside Jean-Paul Cézard, in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City.

Alain Acart
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Mexico City C-2 10000 m

Competing in two Summer Olympics, Acart, in partnership with Cézard, earned his best finish of fourth in the semifinal event in C-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976.

Acart died of a heart attack on 2 January 2023, at the age of 71.[1]

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  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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