Paul Ratcliffe

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Paul Ratcliffe
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Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney K1
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Três Coroas K1 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Três Coroas K1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K1
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Roudnice nad Labem K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Bratislava K1

Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.

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Early life

He came from Tyldesley, in Wigan, [1] and trained with Manchester Canoe Club.

He attended the University of Nottingham. [2]

Career

Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000. [3]

Ratcliffe also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 1997) and two bronzes (K1: 1997, 1999).

He won overall World Cup title in K1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-time European Champion.

World Cup individual podiums

Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
K1112114
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
1996 29 September 1996 Três Coroas 1stK1
1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 1stK1
29 June 1997 Björbo 1stK1
1998 21 June 1998 Tacen 1stK1
2 August 1998 Wausau 2ndK1
13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 1stK1
1999 24 June 1999 Tacen 1stK1
15 August 1999 Bratislava 1stK1
3 October 1999 Penrith 1stK1
2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 1stK1
2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 1stK1
23 July 2000 Prague 1stK1
2003 6 July 2003 La Seu d'Urgell 2ndK1
31 July 2003 Bratislava 3rdK1

References

  1. Manchester Evening News Thursday 3 May 1990, page 83
  2. Nottingham Evening Post Monday 19 September 1994, page 24
  3. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.