Graham Barton named new chief technical officer of Canoe Kayak Canada

OTTAWA — Graham Barton is returning Canoe Kayak Canada as the organization’s chief technical officer.

Barton was Canoe Kayak Canada’s high performance director from 1999 to 2010, as well as a high performance coach and athlete.

Canada’s canoe and kayak team had one of its successful Olympic performances under his watch with three medals at the 2004 Athens Games, including a gold medal for Adam van Koeverden in the men’s K-1 500-metre kayak event.

He spent the last six years working at Own the Podium as a high performance adviser.