Jacqueline Lawrence (canoeist)

Jacqueline Lawrence

Lawrence in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1982-04-25) 25 April 1982 (age 43) Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing   Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K1

Jacqueline "Jacqui" Lawrence (born 25 April 1982 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian slalom canoeist and Olympic silver medallist, from Old Bonalbo, New South Wales. ^[1] She competed at the international level from 2000 to 2008. ^[2]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won silver in the K1 event at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. ^[3]

Her younger sisters Katrina and Rosalyn are also slalom canoeists and in the Olympic trials, Jacqui had to defeat Kate for a place on the Australian team.

Jacqui went to the University of New England in Armidale and was part of Drummond and Smith College.

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2005	30 Jan 2005	Mangahao	2nd	K1 1
2006	26 Feb 2006	Mangahao	2nd	K1 2

¹ Continental Cup Oceania counting for World Cup points

² Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1. "Jacqui Lawrence - Old Bonalbo's silver medallist". ABC North Coast NSW. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
2. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
3. "Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

• Australian Olympic Committee profile