Maria Francis

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Maria Francis
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Maria Francis (Lund) (born 1969) is a British and Welsh slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] She was women's K1 British Champion in 1989, silver medalist at the 1990 Europa Cup in Merano and went on to win a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Mezzana.

Maria (now Maria Worrall, married to Photographer Chris Worrall) lives in Cambridge (UK) and is a member of Bishop's Stortford Canoe Club. She currently works for the NHS at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

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References

  1. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.