Ed McKeever

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Ed McKeever
MBE
Ed McKeever portrait.jpg
Born (1983-08-27) 27 August 1983 (age 41)
NationalityBritish
Education Kingston University
OccupationPart Qualified Accountant With ACCA
AgentAlexander Nikonorov
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Website Official website
Ed McKeever
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London K-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Poznań K-1 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Poznań K-1 4 × 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Szeged K-1 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-1 4x200 m
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Baku K-1 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Trasona K-1 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Brandenburg K-1 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Belgrade K-1 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Zagreb K-1 200 m

Edward Daniel McKeever MBE (born 27 August 1983) is a British kayak athlete. He is a former European, World and Olympic champion.

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McKeever won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the K-1 200m event.

He won two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a gold in the K-1 200 m and a silver in the K-1 4 × 200 m events, and a further silver in the K-1 200m at the 2011 event in Szeged.

World Championships

In 2012 McKeever won the K1 200m event at the World Cup in Poznan he also won the K1 200m at the European Championships in 2010 Trasona, Spain and the kayak World Cup race in Szeged, Hungary. McKeever still competes for the Bradford on Avon rowing club, despite moving to south Buckinghamshire to train at the 2012 Olympic race venue of Dorney lake.

In 2012, McKeever won gold medal in the K1 200m event, in Canoe sprint World Cup. [1]

Olympics 2012

He competed in the canoe sprint team for London Olympics 2012 in the Men’s K1 200m. [2] He qualified for the K1 200m final after achieving a new Olympic best of 35.087 seconds [3] in the heats and on 11 August he won the gold medal in the event. [4]

McKeever was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to kayaking. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Ed McKeever". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. "2012 Olympic Selection".
  3. "Olympic Best". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  4. "Ed McKeever powers and paddles to victory to deliver Team GB's 26th gold medal of Olympics in kayak sprint". www.telegraph.co.uk. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 25.
  6. Cabinet Office