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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England | 16 February 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | K1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 best finish of tenth in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992.
Post retirement Lynn now coaches youth paddlers at the northern german canoe powerhouse Stortebeker padelsport club alongside her husband and former bbc TV paddles up champion Mickel Reys in the city of Bremen.
Lynn also appeared numerous times on bbc question of sport. Including the 1995 christmas special with contestant Gordon Strachan, Prince Nassim Hamed, and the athletic heartthrob Roger Black.
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K1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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1993 | 18 July 1993 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | K1 |
25 July 1993 | Lofer | 1st | K1 | |
21 August 1993 | Minden | 1st | K1 | |
1994 | 26 June 1994 | Nottingham | 3rd | K1 |
3 July 1994 | Augsburg | 1st | K1 | |
18 September 1994 | Asahi, Aichi | 1st | K1 | |
1995 | 9 July 1995 | Mezzana | 1st | K1 |
16 July 1995 | Lofer | 2nd | K1 | |
1 October 1995 | Ocoee | 1st | K1 | |
1996 | 9 June 1996 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | K1 |
29 September 1996 | Três Coroas | 1st | K1 | |
1997 | 6 July 1997 | Bratislava | 1st | K1 |
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