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1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 10th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race in the men's K1 was awarded 30 points while in the other three categories the winner was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1 (15th place in the other
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Bratislava, SVK) br1st C1W – ICF Wildwater Canoe World Championships (Augsburg, GER) br1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Tacen, SLO) br1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 (Prague, CZE) br2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 2 (L'Argentiere, FRA) br3rd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 3 (Markkleeberg, GER) br2nd K1W – Oceania Open (Penrith, NSW) br3rd C1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC) br1st C1W – National Championships (Nymboida, NSW) 2nd
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Winning streak (sports)


Canoe Slalom World Championships — United States 7 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships — United States 5 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships — East Germany 3 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 3 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships — Richard Fox 3 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 4 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships — East Germany 3 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships — Austria 6 consecutive gold medals at ICF Canoe Slalom World
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Canoe Slalom World Cup


The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup is an annual series of races in canoe slalom held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. A women's single canoe discipline (C1) has been added to the world cup in 2010. The men's C2 event was removed
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2017 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2017 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in canoe slalom organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 30th edition. Before the first World Cup race it was determined that the men's C2 class would be removed from the Olympic program. This resulted in a reduced number of participants in this event. The C2 mixed event was raced for the first time as part of the World Cup in Prague, though only 4 crews entered (3 of them Czech) and no points were
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Rosalyn Lawrence


C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (Prague, CZE) br2nd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW) br2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL) br2nd K1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL) br1st K1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC) 1st K1W – Sickline Extreme Kayak race (Oetz, AUT) brWorld number 1 ranking C1W brOverall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion br1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Cardiff, GBR) br2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 5 (Bratislava
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Jessica Fox (canoeist)


de Janeiro, Brazil. After winning multiple World Cup races, she won the overall title in the 2016 World Cup Kayak Single Slalom K1 and was second overall in Canoe Single Slalom C1. She also won the World U-23 Championships in Kayak Slalom and in Canoe Slalom in Kraków, Poland. Additionally, she also won the Oceanie Championships Slalom C1 in Penrith, Australia. In 2017, Fox won a world title at the ICF Kajak Slalom World Championships, a number of world cup medals, the Canoeist of the Year award,
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2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of six races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 17th edition. The series consisted of 5 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup
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2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 16th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup
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2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 15th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup
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2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of six races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 14th edition. The series consisted of 5 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup final earned 45 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in
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2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 23rd edition and it marked the first time that women competed for the single canoe world cup points and title. The series consisted of 2 continental championships (Oceania and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the two continental championships
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2009 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2009 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 22nd edition. The series consisted of 2 continental championships (Oceania and Pan American) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the two continental championships. The women's single canoe appeared for the first time at the world cups and was
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1996 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1996 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 9th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world
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1995 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1995 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 8th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world
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1994 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1994 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 7th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world
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1993 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1993 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 6th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world
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2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup


the World Cup Final in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain (7–9 September) for the traditional canoe slalom events. The World Championships counted for the overall world cup standings of the Extreme K1 events, but not for the traditional canoe slalom events. The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reach at least the semifinal stage, double points were also awarded for the World Championships in Extreme K1 events). Points for lower places differed from one category
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1990 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1990 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 3rd edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the world cup final. The first
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2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 26th edition. The team events were held as part of the world cup program for the first time in history, but no points were awarded for them. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Cardiff, Wales (June 21–23) for the second year in a row and ended with the World Cup Final in Bratislava, Slovakia (August 23–25),
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1992 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1992 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 5th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best three results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points
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1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 4th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best three results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points
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2005 Canoe Slalom World Cup


determined by their positions at the world championships. Continental Cup Oceania took place in Mangahao, New Zealand from 29 to 30 January. The C1 event did not count for the world cup and the C2 event was not held. The European Championships took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 24 to 26 June. The Asia Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Naein-chun, South Korea from 1 to 2 July. The first regular world cup race of the series took place at the Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom
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2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 27th edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Lee Valley, England (June 6–8) and ended with the World Cup Final in Augsburg, Germany (August 15–17). The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every
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1999 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1999 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 12th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). Only
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1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 11th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). Only
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2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 28th edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Prague, Czech Republic (June 19–21) and closed with the World Cup Final in Pau, France (August 14–16). The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reached at least the semifinal stage). Points
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2019 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2019 Canoe Slalom World Cup is a series of five races in several canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It is the 32nd edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Lee Valley, England (13–16 June) and it will end with the World Cup Final in Prague, Czech Republic (6–8 September). The winner of each race is awarded 60 points (double points will be awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reach at least the semifinal
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2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 29th edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Ivrea, Italy (June 3–5) and concluded with the World Cup Final in Tacen, Slovenia (September 9–11). The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reached at least the semifinal stage). Points for
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2011 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2011 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of four races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 24th edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Tacen, Slovenia (June 24–26) and ended with the World Cup Final in Prague, Czech Republic (August 12–14). The World Cup Final held a special status as the tie-breaker. The winner of each race was awarded 60 points. Points for lower places differed from one category to
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2000 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2000 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of six races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 13th edition. The series consisted of 5 regular world cup races and the world cup final. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). Only
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2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 31st edition. The men's C2 event was removed from the World Cup program before the start of the season by the ICF and was replaced by the mixed C2 event. This was the first season when points were awarded also for the Extreme K1 events. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia (22–24 June) and ended with
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2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup


lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (10 points in the World Cup Final). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final. Ivrea, Italy hosted the Canoe Slalom World Cup for the first time. It was also the first time that K1 slalom cross for men and women was an event at a world cup race.
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2005 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2005 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of eight races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 18th edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (European, Pan American, Oceania and Asian), 3 world cup races and the world championships. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The continental championships had a lesser status with the winner
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2006 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2006 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of eight races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 19th edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (European, Pan American, Oceania and Asian), 3 world cup races and the world championships. The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The continental championships had a lesser status with the winner
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2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


The 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 39th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 25 to 30 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). The competitions were held at the Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium which had also hosted the canoe slalom events of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazil hosted the event for the third time after the 1997 championships in Três Coroas and the 2007 championships in Foz do Iguaçu. It was the first World Championships
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2012 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2012 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 25th edition. The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Cardiff, Wales (June 8–10) and ended with the World Cup Final in Bratislava, Slovakia (August 31 – September 2). The winner of each race was awarded 60 points. Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation
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2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 21st edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (Africa, Oceania, Pan American and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the four continental championships. The winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside
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Kathy Lynch


Kathleen "Kathy" Lynch (born 23 April 1957) is a retired competitive cyclist from New Zealand who competed both on and off the road. With a talent for multiple sports disciplines, she won the canoeing events New Zealand White Water Downriver and Slalom Championships in 1987 and represented her country at the 1988 Canoe Slalom World Cup. Around the same time, she was also a successful triathlete, but did not continue with that sport. She bought her first mountain bike in 1988 at the age of 31 in order to compete
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Eilidh Gibson


Eilidh Gibson (born 4 October 1995 in Kinross) is a Scottish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. Gibson's best individual results include a silver in race 1 of the 2014 Canoe Slalom World Cup at Lee Valley White Water Centre, 4th place at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and 4th place at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships. She won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau. She also won two golds and a bronze
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Rosalyn Lawrence


, SVK) br1st C1W – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA) br1st C1W teams – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA) br1st C1W – New Zealand Open (Mangahao, NZL) br2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Penrith, NSW) br2nd C1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS) br3rd K1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS) br3rd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW) Overall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion br1st C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (
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2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup


The 2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of four races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 20th edition. The series consisted of Pan American continental championships which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on
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Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi


. She won the overall World Cup title three consecutive times between 1989 and 1991. In 2018, she won the Coach of the Year at the AIS Sport Performance Awards. Her husband, Richard, competed for Great Britain in slalom canoeing, and later coached Australia in the same event. Fox-Jerusalmi's husband is also an executive officer in the International Canoe Federation. Their daughter, Jessica won gold in the girls' K1 slalom event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. Competing for Australia in the 2012 Olympics
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Sport in France


Alphand won the overall World Cup in 1997 and four discipline titles in Downhill and Super Giant Slalom. Jean-Baptiste Grange was Slalom World Cup champion in 2009 and Slalom World Champion in 2011 and 2015. In January 2017 Alexis Pinturault set a new record for World Cup wins by a French skier when he took his 19th victory in a giant slalom in Adelboden, breaking Jean-Claude Killy's record. French success in cross-country skiing has been somewhat more limited. However Vincent Vittoz did win a gold medal in the
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Gareth Marriott


Gareth John Marriott (born 14 July 1970 in Mansfield) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1986 to 1997. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C1 event at Barcelona in 1992 and finished 4th in the C1 event at Atlanta in 1996 Marriott also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver (C1 team: 1993) and two bronzes (C1: 1997, C1 team: 1991). He won the overall World Cup title three
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Paul Ratcliffe


Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000. Ratcliffe also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 1997) and two bronzes (K1: 1997, 1999). He won overall World Cup title in K1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-
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Scott Shipley


Scott R. Shipley (born May 15, 1971 in Poulsbo, Washington) is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2004. He won three silver medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1995, 1997, and 1999. He won the overall World Cup title in K1 three times (1993, 1995 and 1997). In 2010, he became U.S. national champion in C2. Shipley also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of
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1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup


three categories). Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world cup standings. Furthermore, an athlete or boat had to compete in the world cup final in order to be classified in the world cup rankings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the world cup final. The first world cup race of the season took place in Bourg-Saint-Maurice
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2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


The 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 36th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from September 17 to 21, 2014 at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, United States (Western Maryland near Pittsburgh) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF), at the Adventure Sports Center International facility. The Deep Creek bid was selected by the ICF Board of Directors on April 15, 2011 in Paris. The other bids were by Vienna and Kraków. In total there were 10 events of
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Mario Leitner


Mario Leitner (born 2 February 1997) is an Austrian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. He finished 13th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Leitner was introduced to canoeing by his father at age three, and joined a club aged five. In 2014 he won the Austrian Youth Sports Award after winning a gold medal at the junior world championships. He was the first male Austrian canoeist to win that title. His older sister Lisa also competes in canoe slalom
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Heinz Poenn


first Canadian team at the World Championships in Spittal, Austria. He competed in the Men’s K-1 at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, when canoe slalom made its debut as an Olympic sport. He was later a National Team Coach and served on the International Canoe Federation Slalom Committee. He was instrumental in bringing the Slalom and Downriver World Championships to Jonquiere, Quebec in 1979. Poenn helped to establish the Minden White Water Preserve on the Gull River in Ontario. The site hosted canoe slalom events at the Toronto 2015 Pan American
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2006 Canoe Slalom World Cup


determined by their positions at the world championships. The Oceania Championships took place in Mangahao, New Zealand from 25 to 26 February. World Cup Race 1 took place at the Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre in Athens, Greece from 27 to 28 May. World Cup Race 2 took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 2 to 4 June. World Cup Race 3 took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 10 to 11 June. The European Championships took place in L'Argentière-la-
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Sport in Nottingham


Harding. Fantasy Squash operate an office and fully stocked shop out of the club. The National Water Sports Centre is based at Holme Pierrepont, with a 2000-metre regatta lake for rowing, canoeing and sailing, and a white water slalom canoe course fed from the river. A number of other sailing, rowing and canoeing clubs are also based along the River Trent, as is the boatbuilder Raymond Sims. The centre hosted the 1981 ICF Canoe Sprint and 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and was the training base for the highly successful
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Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium


Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium () is the home training facility for the French national canoe slalom team. It was first used to train the French team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It 2009, it was the first of three venues used in the canoe slalom World Cup. It is also a whitewater park for recreational use by the general public. The town of Pau has long been a center of activity for French canoe slalom. The natural rapids in the center of town are still equipped with hanging slalom gates
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Canoe slalom


Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Canoe/Kayak Slalom. The other Olympic canoeing discipline is canoe sprint. Wildwater canoeing is a non-Olympic paddlesport. Canoe slalom racing started in Europe and in
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Lukáš Pollert


Lukáš Pollert () (born 24 March 1970 in Prague) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C1 event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1996. Pollert also won a silver medal in the C1 event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Três Coroas and the overall World Cup title in the C1 category in 1993. At the European Championships he won a total of four medals (2
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Stefan Pfannmöller


Stefan Pfannmöller (born 4 December 1980 in Halle an der Saale) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2007. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Athens in 2004. Pfannmöller also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 2006), three silvers (C1 team: 1999, 2002, 2005), and a bronze (C1: 2003). He is the overall World Cup champion
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Denis Gargaud Chanut


eight medals at the [[ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships]] with three golds (C1: [[2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2011]], C2 team: [[2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2010]], 2011), three silvers (C1 team: [[2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2009]], C2: 2010, 2011) and two bronzes (C1 team: [[2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2013]], [[2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships|2017]]).
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Irena Pavelková


Irena Pavelková (born 5 September 1974 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2012. She won seven medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (2003, 2005, 2010) and four silvers (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011). She is the overall World Cup champion from 1997. She also won a total of 11 medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes). Pavelková
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Mandy Planert


Mandy Planert (later Benzien, born 26 January 1975) is a retired German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2008. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (K1 team: 1997, 1999, 2007) and three silvers (K1: 2002, 2005; K1 team: 2003). She is the overall World Cup champion in K1 from 2002. She also won seven medals at the European Championships. Planert competed in the K1 event at the 2000 and
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Nico Bettge


Nico Bettge (born 15 May 1980) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed in C1 since the 1997. Since 2014 he has also competed in C2 together with David Schröder. Bettge won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 2006) and six silvers (C1: 2011; C1 team: 1999, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015). He is the overall World Cup champion in the C1 class from 2007. He also won 13 medals at the European Championships
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Patrice Estanguet


Patrice Estanguet (born 19 April 1973 in Pau) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2004. He is the older brother of triple Olympic champion Tony Estanguet. Patrice Estanguet won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (C1 team: 1997, 2003) and two bronzes (C1: 2002, C1 team: 1999). He won the overall World Cup title
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Kordula Striepecke


Kordula Striepecke (born 25 April 1963 in Erfurt) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 1997) and three bronzes (K1: 1991, 1995; K1 team: 1995). Striepecke also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of sixth in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992. She won the overall World Cup title in 1993. She also earned 2 medals
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Lynn Simpson


Lynn Simpson (Lynn Reys) (born 16 February 1971 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1: 1995), a silver (K1 team: 1995), and two bronzes (K1 team: 1993, 1997). She also won the World Cup series in three consecutive seasons between 1994 and 1996. Simpson also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her
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2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup


bronze to top the medal table. The 2008 Pan American Championships took place in Charlotte, USA on April 26. The home athletes dominated the medal table by winning 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes. The 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships were the last of the continental championships to count for the world cup. The event took place in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand on May 17–18. China won the medal table with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes. The main part of the world cup series got under way in
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Sport in Finland


in 2018. In recent years Finnish skiers have enjoyed success in the technical disciplines of alpine skiing. Kalle Palander was Slalom World Champion in 1999 and World Cup Slalom champion in the 2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup. Tanja Poutiainen won three discipline World Cup titles in Slalom and Giant Slalom in the 2000s. The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation is the umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland. Arto Halonen made a documentary about doping in sport in Finnish winter sports in 2012. Janne Immonen, Jari Isometsä and Harri Kirvesniemi were convicted in October
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Amálie Hilgertová


Amálie Hilgertová (born 4 September 1997) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013. She won a bronze medal in the inaugural Extreme K1 event at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau. In 2019, she won a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2019 European Canoe Slalom Championships in the same venue. She comes from a canoeing family with double Olympic champion Štěpánka Hilgertová being her aunt. Her uncle is Luboš Hilgert sr. and her cousin is Luboš Hilgert jr.
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1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup


the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world cup standings. Furthermore, an athlete or boat had to compete in the world cup final in order to be classified in the world cup rankings. The first world cup race of the season took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 13 to 14 June. The second world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from
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2017 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships


The 2017 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 18 to 23 July 2017 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre. It was the 19th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 6th edition for the Under 23 category. The C2 mixed event was held for the first time at these championships. It was only contested at the Under 23 level and there was no C2 mixed team event. No medals were awarded for
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Vít Přindiš


Vít Přindiš (born 14 April 1989) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2005. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 2017), two silvers (K1: 2017, K1 team: 2014) and a bronze (K1 team: 2018). He also won eight medals (6 golds and 2 silvers) at the European Canoe Slalom Championships. Přindiš won the overall World Cup title in the K1 class in 2017. His
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Jakub Jáně


Jakub Jáně (born 13 September 1990 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He won two medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2013 and a bronze in 2014. He also won three silver and four bronze medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships. His partner in the men's C2 was Ondřej Karlovský. Jáně won the overall World Cup title in mixed C2 in 2018 together with Tereza Fišerová. It was the
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2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup


the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race. The first African Canoe Slalom Championships were held in Sagana, Kenya on January 27. USA won the medal table with 2 golds and a bronze. The 2008 Oceania Championships were held in Penrith, Australia on March 15–16. Slovakia won 2 golds a silver and a
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Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course


The Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course, in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, is the world's second-oldest artificial whitewater venue for international canoe slalom competition, after the Augsburg Eiskanal. Built in 1978, it diverts water around a small dam on the Váh river. With recent upgrades, including a covered stadium for spectators, it remains a prime site for the sport. As a training facility, it is home course for canoe slalom's most highly decorated athlete, Michal Martikán, who has five Olympic medals, two of them
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's slalom C-1


The men's slalom C-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18th and 19th of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's slalom C-1


The women's slalom C-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18 and 19 of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's slalom C-2


The men's slalom C-2 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18 and 19 of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's slalom K-1


The men's slalom K-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18 and 19 of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's slalom K-1


The women's slalom K-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18 and 19 of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions (besides the
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2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup


. The winner of each race was awarded 60 points. Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run. The Oceania Canoe Slalom Open took place in Penrith, Australia on February 19–21. Five different countries have won a gold medal at the event. Slovakia was the most successful with a gold and two silvers. Home paddlers from Australia have won one gold and two bronze medals. The 2010 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships
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2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup


final earned 45 points, semifinalists got at least 7.5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 3 points apiece. Only the best five results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings. The first race of the season was held at the newly built Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre in Athens, Greece from 22 to 25 April. The second race of the season was held at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 22 to 23 May. The third race of the season was held in Merano
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1995 Canoe Slalom World Cup


cup standings. The first world cup race of the season took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 24 to 25 June. The second world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 1 to 2 July. The third world cup race of the season took place in Mezzana, Italy from 8 to 9 July. The fourth world cup race of the season took place in Lofer, Austria from 15 to 16 July. The final world cup race of the season
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2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


by a crest which comprises two lines. The bottom line is a copy of the boat in the transverse section while the top line is a copy of the boat in the vertical section. The crest carries a sense of nobility and that the sport in the past was connected with both townspeople and aristocrats along with environmental protection. Waves shown flanking the crest link the event's organizer with the ICF. SLOKA has two names: SLalOm KAyak and Canoe Championships or SLOvene KAyak and canoe. It is acceptable in foreign languages that does
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Sport in the Czech Republic


slalom, becoming the first woman to take gold medals in two different sports at the Winter Olympics. She also took Snowboarding World Championship golds in parallel slalom in 2015 and in parallel giant slalom in 2017. Ledecká also won the overall parallel and parallel giant slalom World Cup titles in 2015-16 and took another overall parallel World Cup in 2016-17. Eva Samková won the gold medal in the snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics and was World Cup snowboard cross champion in 2016-17. Šárka Pančochová took the overall
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Hu Minghai


Junrong being at similar age, started competing together in canoe doubles. Hu was picked for the national slalom training team in 2004 and in 2006, he became a full member of the Chinese canoe slalom team. The two-man team gradually became leading figures of Chinese slalom C2 events. Hu competed in the Olympic Games twice with Shu, finishing the 10th in 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 6th in 2012 London Olympics. He won the gold medal at 2010 ICF World Cup Race 1 in Prague. It was first time that
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ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships


The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoeing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Championships have taken place every non-Olympic year since 1970 and officially included paracanoe events since 2010; since 2012, paracanoe-specific editions of this event (named ICF Paracanoe World Championships) have been held in Summer Paralympic years. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. Canoe sprint competitions
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2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


The 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 37th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 15 to 20 September 2015 in London, United Kingdom, under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF), at the Lee Valley White Water Centre facility, which was also the venue for the canoe slalom events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The London bid was selected by the ICF Board of Directors on April 15, 2011 in Paris. London defeated Bourg St.-Maurice in the bidding process. The
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Claudia Leenders


Claudia Leenders (born 18 November 1994 in Helmond) is a Dutch slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009. She became a member of HWC Helmet sailors, the canoe club in Helmond, at the age of 8 because her older brother Stijn and her father had been active in the sport of canoeing. Leenders and her brother were selected for the Talent Development Team when Claudia was eleven years old. In 2009 she qualified for the Junior European Championships and the Junior World Cup. She made her first appearances
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2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup


Kolna Canoe Slalom Course, Poland from 26 to 28 June. There were no team events here. The third race of the series took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 3 to 5 July. The penultimate race of the series took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 7 to 9 August. There were no team events here. The final race of the series took place at the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium, France from 14 to 16 August.
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2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


The 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships was the 38th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 22 September to 1 October 2017 in Pau, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium. Pau was also hosting the Wildwater canoeing world championships as part of the same event. The Mixed C2 event returned to the world's program for the first time since 1981. The men's C2 team event was not a world championship event due to only
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Canoeing


canoeing are canoe camping and canoe racing such as canoe sprint and canoe marathons. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds and streams. The summer Olympics include canoeing competitions. Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred
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Jiří Pecka


Jiří Pecka (June 4, 1917 – May 12, 1997) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died). Pecka won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen. At the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships he won a total of four medals with
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Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games


The canoeing races at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang were contested in three main disciplines: the slalom from 21 to 23 August, and the sprint from 29 August to 1 September. The slalom canoe competition was held at the Bendung Rentang in Majalengka Regency, West Java; whereas the sprint events were staged in Jakabaring Lake at the Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang. Additionally, the games also contested the canoe polo discipline as demonstration sport. Also in part of canoeing event was the dragon boat event. During a preparation
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Deborah Compagnoni


Giant Slalom in 1996: in the following year's edition she repeated the victory, alongside winning with the Slalom title, a feat never accomplished by any Italian female skier. She won a total of 16 races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup (13 Giant Slalom, 2 Super-G and 1 Slalom), plus a Giant Slalom World Cup in 1997. Deborah Compagnoni is considered the best Italian female skier of all time, the equal of famous male champions like Gustav Thöni and Alberto Tomba. The World Cup skiing track
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2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup


for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (10 points in the World Cup Final). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final. The first race of the series took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 19 to 21 June. The second race of the series took place at the Kraków-
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Armand Marchant


Armand Marchant (born 14 December 1997) is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Giant slalom and the Slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the Giant slalom and
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Major sports event hosting in Britain during the 2010s


Cup Finals at the Twickenham Stoop and Twickenham Stadium in London 19–25 July – 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow 31 July - 8 August – World Orienteering Championships in Inverness 1 - 30 August 2015 – EuroHockey Nations Championship at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London 28 August - 6 September – European Wheelchair Basketball Championship 2015 18 September-31 October – Rugby World Cup in England 15–20 September – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley White Water Centre in London 23 October-1 November – World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in
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Augsburg Eiskanal


The Augsburg Eiskanal is an artificial whitewater river in Augsburg, Germany, constructed as the canoe slalom venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics in nearby Munich. The first artificial whitewater course of its kind, it introduced the sport of canoe slalom (using decked canoes and kayaks) to the Olympic Games. However, because of the expense of building artificial rivers and supplying them with water, canoe slalom was missing from the next four Summer Olympics. It returned with the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and has been featured in every Summer
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John Felton (canoeist)


to head the project to have canoe slalom readmitted to the Olympic Program. Felton was successful and in August 1997 slalom was readmitted. Felton is credited along with Australian Engineer Peter Heeley and 5 time World slalom Champion Richard Fox as the inventors of the world's first totally artificial, pumped whitewater course. John oversaw the construction of the facility as the ICF whitewater specialist and was subsequently appointed to the position of Competition Manager for the 2000 Olympic Games. Subsequently, he has consulted on many artificial whitewater courses throughout the world, spoken
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Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games


Canoeing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games surrounding Toronto are held in two main disciplines: the sprint, from 11 to 14 July and the slalom, from 18 to 19 July. The slalom competition will be held at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. The sprint events were staged at the Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre in Welland. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This was the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan
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Mallory Franklin


Mallory Franklin (born 19 June 1994) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 2009. She is a triple world champion, having won both the individual and team C1 events at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the C1 events at the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships . She has won eight medals in total at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1: 2017, C1 team: 2017, 2018), four silvers (C1: 2013, 2014, 2018; K1:
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