Bruce Merritt

{{Short description|American canoeist (born 1958)}}

Bruce Merritt (born 1958) is an American sprint canoeist{{cite web|title=Bruce Merritt profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/bruce-merritt-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/bruce-merritt-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 April 2014}} who competed as a member of the US National Team from 1978 to 1988. Competing in two Summer Olympics, 1984 and 1988,{{cite web|last=Ray|first=Nancy|title=Olympic Training : U.S. Paddlers Make Waves on Lake Hodges|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-18-me-643-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=10 April 2014|date=August 18, 1988}}{{cite news|title=THE SEOUL OLYMPICS; The Games, From Archery to Yachting: Canoeing/Kayaking|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/sports/the-seoul-olympics-the-games-from-archery-to-yachting-canoeing-kayaking.html|access-date=1 April 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 11, 1988}} he earned his best Olympic finish of seventh in the C-1 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.{{cite web|last=Scarlett|first=Stefanie|title=Paddlers put to test in races|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100718/LOCAL/307189878|work=journalgazette.net|publisher=The Journal Gazette|access-date=10 April 2014}}{{cite web|title=Bruce MERRITT|url=http://www.the-sports.org/bruce-merritt-canoeing-spf40547.html|work=the-sports.org|publisher=Info Média Conseil|access-date=10 April 2014}}