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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England | 4 May 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | C1, K1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | arsenal Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bethan Forrow (born 4 May 2001) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2016. [1] [2]
She won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Rio de Janeiro as well as a gold medal in the same event at the 2018 European Championships in Prague.
David Florence is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe (C2), the latter with Richard Hounslow. Florence was the first canoeist since Charles Dussuet, sixty years earlier, to achieve the C1, C2 double at the same World Championships.
Peter Kauzer is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999.
The 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on 9–13 September 2009 at Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 32nd edition. La Seu d'Urgell hosted the event previously in 1999. A demonstration event for women's single canoe (C1W) took place that was swept by Australia. Slovakia was the top medal winner with six, including three golds. Germany and Great Britain each won four medals with a gold medal each. Host nation Spain won their first medals ever at the championships with four.
Laura Kate Blakeman is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2011.
Ladislav Škantár is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Peter Škantár in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 event was discontinued and subsequently switched to wildwater canoeing. They announced retirement from wildwater canoeing during the 2021 World Championships in their hometown Bratislava where they didn't start due to Ladislav's injury.
Peter Škantár is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2018, along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 class. They retired from canoe slalom in 2018 after the C2 event was discontinued and subsequently switched to wildwater canoeing. They announced retirement from wildwater canoeing during the 2021 World Championships in their hometown Bratislava where they didn't start due to Ladislav's injury.
Richard John Hounslow is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. He started out as a specialist in the kayak (K1) category, but in 2009 he also started competing in canoe doubles (C2) alongside David Florence. In his last season (2016) he concentrated on the C2 class exclusively.
Sideris Tasiadis is a German slalom canoeist of Greek descent who has competed at the international level since 2005. Son of Greek immigrants who lived in Thrace, Greece in the village of Komara for 10 years during his childhood, before moving back to Germany.
Jessica Esther "Jess" Fox is a French-born Australian Program and Policy Officer and world and Olympic champion slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
Benjamin Savšek is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.
Jiří Prskavec is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
Mallory Franklin is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 2009. She competes in both Kayak and Canadian Canoe classes, as well as the Kayak cross discipline.
Vít Přindiš is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2005.
Joseph Clarke, is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009, specializing in the K1 (kayak) and KX1 events. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in the K1 event, a double World champion in the kayak cross discipline, and has won medals at World and European Championships.
Bradley Forbes-Cryans is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2012 to 2022.
Kimberley Woods is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.
Eilidh Gibson is a Scottish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012.
Lisa Fritsche is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2010.
Christopher Bowers is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014.
Camille Prigent is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013.