Burr Folks

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameBurr•Folks
Used nameBurr•Folks
Born27 June 1915 in Schenectady, New York (USA)
Died9 January 2000 (aged 84 years 6 months 12 days) in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey (USA)
AffiliationsPendleton Canoe Club
NOC United States

Biography

Burr Folks competed as a kayaker at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He represented the Pendleton Canoe Club. Folks was a New York native who worked with stock brokerage companies as a young man.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) USA Burr Folks
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) Ernie Riedel 5 h1 r1/2
Folding Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic) 10