Michael Dawson (canoeist)

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Michael Dawson
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Men's canoe slalom
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Pau Extreme K1

Michael Dawson (born 15 October 1986 in Tauranga) is a New Zealand slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004. [1]

He won a bronze medal in the inaugural Extreme K1 event at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he competed in the K1 event [2] finishing in 15th place after being eliminated in the semifinals. Four years later in Rio de Janeiro he made the final and finished in 10th place in the K1 event. [3]

In 2010, and again in 2012, he won first place in the extreme-whitewater Green River Narrows Race in North Carolina, US. [4] [5]

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2009 1 Feb 2009 Mangahao 3rdK1 1
2018 24 Jun 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 2ndExtreme K1
1 Jul 2018 Kraków 2ndExtreme K1
1 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

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References

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  4. "Green River Narrows Race Results: All Boats". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 Sept 2012.
  5. "Results | the Green Race". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2012. Retrieved 04 Nov 2012.