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Canoeing At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1996 Olympic competition was along the Toccoa/Ocoee River near the Georgia-Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ... state line. Medalists Results The 44 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on July 28. The best result of the runs counted for the event. References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3.p. 162. *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Slalom Singles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 485. {{DEFAULTSORT:Canoeing at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slalom Canoeing
Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a Spraydeck, decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on Whitewater, river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Canoe/Kayak Slalom. The other Olympic canoeing discipline is canoe racing, canoe sprint. Wildwater canoeing is a non-Olympic paddlesport. History Canoe slalom racing started in Switzerland in 1933, initially on a flatwater course. In 1946, the International Canoe Federation (ICF), which governs the sport, was formed. The first ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, World Championships were held in 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1949 in Switzerland. From 1949 to 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1999, the championships were held every odd-numbered year and have been held ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Lettmann
Jochen Lettmann (born 10 April 1969, in Duisburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992. Lettmann also won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1995 and a bronze in 1997. He also has two medals from the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ... (a team gold and an individual bronze). World Cup individual podiums References * * * 1969 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldis Kļaviņš
Aldis Kļaviņš (30 April 1975 – 1 August 2000) was a Latvian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. He finished 21st in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... References External links * * 1975 births 2000 deaths People from Valmiera Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Latvian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Latvia {{Latvia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Giddens
Eric M. Giddens (born 8 May 1973 in Atlanta) is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Career Giddens finished 20th in the men's K1 slalom event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Giddens has been the NBC analyst for both disciplines of canoeing during the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. World Cup individual podiums Family and education A native of Atlanta, Giddens graduated with a degree in environmental biology from Georgia Tech and earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His father is educator Don Giddens. His wife, Rebecca Giddens, won a silver in the women's K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. They now own a brewpub in Kernville, California Kernville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States. Kernville is located northeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 1,395 at the 2010 census, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Prskavec (canoeist, Born 1972)
Jiří Prskavec (born 2 May 1972 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from the 1988 to 2002. He won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (K1: 1995, K1 team: 1999). He also won a silver medal in the K1 team event at the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem. Prskavec also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of 13th in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from .... His son Jiří is also a slalom canoeist and a medalist from Olympic, World and European championships. References * 1972 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Living people Olympic ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luboš Hilgert (canoeist Born 1960)
Luboš Hilgert may refer to: * Luboš Hilgert (canoeist, born 1960), husband of Štěpánka Hilgertová * Luboš Hilgert (canoeist, born 1986), son of Štěpánka Hilgertová {{Hndis, Hilgert, Lubos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (born 23 July 1965 in Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K1 event with a gold in 1992 and a bronze in 2000. Ferrazzi also won three silver medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ..., earning them in 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1989, 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2002 and 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2005. He won the overall Canoe Slalom World Cup, World Cup title in K1 twice (1990 Canoe Slalom World Cup, 1990 and 1992 Canoe Slalom World Cup, 1992). At the European Canoe Slalom Championships, European Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Glucks
Andrej Glucks (born March 18, 1976, in Zagreb) is a Croatian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2010s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the K-1 event in Sydney in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from .... Glucks also competed in slalom in eight World Championships and eight European Championships. References 1976 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Croatian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Croatia Sportspeople from Zagreb 20th-century Croatian people {{Croatia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ford (kayaker)
David Watson Ford (born March 23, 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-1980s and is still actively competing. He is Canada's most successful slalom paddler. Career Ford has won two medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. In 1999 he became the first non-European to win the World Championship title. Ford followed up with a World Championship silver in 2003. In 2003 he also won the overall World Cup title in K1. He was named Male Athlete of the Year at the 2003 Canadian Sport Awards, and was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Ford has competed in five Summer Olympics, earning a fourth-place finish in the K1 event in Athens in 2004. He had a sixth-place finish in the same event in 2008 in Beijing. Ford could not get a sixth appearance in the 2012 Summer Olympics, as of his elbow tendons had ruptured prior to the qualifier, and with no time for the required surgery, countless injecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ratcliffe
Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000. 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 A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... title in K1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-time European Champion. World Cup individual podiums References * External links * 1973 births English male canoeists Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Great Britain Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nagy (canoeist)
Peter Nagy (17 December 1964 – 3 December 2021) was a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2001, specializing in the K1 discipline. He won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the K1 team event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen. Nagy competed in two Summer Olympics for Slovakia. He finished 13th in his Olympic debut in the K1 event at the 1996 games in Atlanta. He finished 12th in the K1 event fours years later in Sydney. Nicknamed "Faťko", Nagy died in Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ... in 2021, two weeks before his 57th birthday. Major championships results timeline Representing Czechoslovakia from 1991 to 1992 and Slovakia from 1993 to 2000. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Shipley
Scott R. Shipley (born May 15, 1971 in Poulsbo, Washington) is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2004. He won three silver medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1995, 1997, and 1999. He won the overall World Cup title in K1 three times (1993, 1995 and 1997). In 2010, he became U.S. national champion in C2. Shipley also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S .... With Mechanical Engineering degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelors 2001, Masters 2002, he retired from full-time competition for a job with S2O Design and Engineering, in Boulder, Colorado. In that jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
