Robin Bell

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Robin Bell
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Bell in 2008
Personal information
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 (age 45)
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Canoe slalom
Event(s)C1
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing C1
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Penrith C1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 La Seu d'Urgell C1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C1

Robin Bell (born 16 November 1977 in Cape Town) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Beijing in 2008. [1]

Bell also won a complete set of medals in the C1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2005, a silver in 1999 and a bronze in 2007. [2]

He won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2005 and 2008.

He was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2005, and became world number one in 2006.

World Cup individual podiums

Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
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SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2001 29 July 2001 Augsburg 2ndC1
5 August 2001 Prague 2ndC1
2003 11 May 2003 Penrith 2ndC1
13 July 2003 Tacen 3rdC1
2005 9 July 2005 Athens 2ndC1
24 July 2005 La Seu d'Urgell 2ndC1
1 October 2005 Penrith 1stC1 1
2006 28 May 2006 Athens 2ndC1
2007 15 July 2007 Augsburg 2ndC1
2008 16 March 2008 Penrith 2ndC1 2
26 April 2008 Charlotte 1stC1 3
21 June 2008 Prague 2ndC1
6 July 2008 Augsburg 1stC1
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points
2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points
3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

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References

  1. "Sports-Reference.com profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.