Tim Baillie

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Tim Baillie
Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 GBR Timothy Baillie and Etienne Stott 3.jpg
Baillie (left) & Etienne Stott at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London C2
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Bratislava C2 team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Augsburg C2 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Nottingham C2 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Nottingham C2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Bratislava C2 team

Timothy Mark Baillie MBE (born 11 May 1979 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish slalom canoeist who represented Britain. [1] From Westhill in Aberdeenshire, he started competing at the international level in 1996, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2003. He retired from the sport in 2013. [2] He is the Olympic Champion in the C2 event from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Career

Baillie and his partner Etienne Stott won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2009, 2011). They also won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2009 European Championships at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England and came in fourth place at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell. They won another silver and a bronze in the C2 team event at the European Championships alongside the other UK boats of David Florence/Richard Hounslow and Daniel Goddard/Colin Radmore. In 2012 they were a part of the British team that won gold at the European Championships in Augsburg in the C2 team event. They are British Premier Division Champions and British Open Champions.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Baillie and partner Etienne Stott qualified through the heats for the C2 event on 30 July, and subsequently progressed to the semi-final. [3] [4] The semi-final consisted of one run each, with the six best competitors qualifying for the final. Baillie and Stott finished in sixth place, taking the final spot and consequently qualifying for the final. [5] As a result of their sixth-place finish, the slowest qualifying time out of the six remaining competitors, Baillie and Stott ran first in the final, securing a time of 106.41. [5] [6] The time was not beaten, with Baillie and Stott winning the gold medal in front of a 12,000 strong home crowd at the Lee Valley White Water Centre on 2 August. [7] Fellow British boat of David Florence and Richard Hounslow finished second with a time of 106.77. [5] [8] Baillie and Stott's success was described as "unexpected" and a "surprise", [9] with the pair describing winning gold as "mad". [10]

Career highlights

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2007 8 Jul 2007 Tacen 2ndC2
2010 3 Jul 2010 Augsburg 3rdC2
2013 30 Jun 2013 Augsburg 2ndC2

Personal life

He attended Westhill Academy, [12] before studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nottingham. [13]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to canoeing. [14] [15]

He is married to Canadian slalom canoeist Sarah Boudens. [16]

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  7. ↑ "Team GB clinch gold and silver in the Olympic canoe C2 slalom to thrill partisan crowd". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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  12. ↑ "Timothy (Tim) Baillie from the Gazetteer for Scotland".
  13. ↑ "A golden summer". Alumni Online. The University of Nottingham. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  15. ↑ "2013 New Year's Honours" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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