Louise Donington

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Louise Donington
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Nottingham K1 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Kraków K1 team
U23 European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Nottingham K1 team

Louise Donington (born 1984) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2001 to 2013.

Great Britain island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world. In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of Great Britain, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, form the British Isles archipelago.

Canoe slalom discipline in sport of canoeing and kayaking, to navigate through a course of hanging gates on river rapids

Canoe 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.

She won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell. She also won a gold and a bronze in the same event at the European Championships. [1]

2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships world championship

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.

La Seu dUrgell Municipality in Catalonia, Spain

La Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes. It is in the district of Alt Pirineu i Aran, and is the town with the most inhabitants, having 17.4% of the district population. La Seu d'Urgell and Puigcerdà together have 30% of the population of the area.

The European Canoe Slalom Championships is an annual international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA) since 1996. Until 2004 it was held every two years.

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References

  1. "Louise DONINGTON (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 13 February 2018.