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Canoeing At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Slalom K-1
The women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The final was rescheduled to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park. There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the fin ... [...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] |
Li Jingjing (canoeist)
Li Jingjing (born February 1, 1985 in Changle, Fujian) is a Chinese slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2013. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K1 event, finishing in 18th place. Four years later in Beijing, Li was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event. She was classified in 13th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... she was once again eliminated in the semifinal of the K1 event, finishing in 11th place. World Cup individual podiums :1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points :2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points References 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Fuzhou Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Pennie
Fiona Pennie (born 9 November 1982) is a British Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 1997. She lives in Waltham Abbey (town), Waltham Abbey in Essex. Career Pennie won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships, 2000 and won the overall Junior World Cup Series in the same year. As an Under 23 athlete, she won a team bronze medal in 2004 and an individual bronze medal in 2005, both at the European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships, European Under 23 Championships. She competed in the K1 event at the Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1, 2008 and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1, 2016 Olympics and placed 17th and 6th, respectively. She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1 team: 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2019, 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2021), three silvers (K1: 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maialen Chourraut
Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (born 8 March 1983 in Lasarte-Oria) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000. Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals. She won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She went on to win a silver medal in the K1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Previously she won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also competed in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the heats and finished in 16th place. Chourraut won a silver medal in the K1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell. Two years later, she won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava. She also won three medals at the European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriko Takeshita
is a Japanese slalom canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She finished fourth in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing. External links Sports-Reference.com profile* 1988 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japanese female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Japan Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Sportspeople from Tokyo Metropolis People from Fussa, Tokyo {{Japan-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana De Paula
Poliana Aparecida de Paula (born October 18, 1989 in Piraju) is a Brazilian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing, finishing in 14th place. References 1989 births Living people Brazilian female canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian women People from Piraju Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariane Herde
Ariane Herde (born 18 December 1979, Iserlohn) is a German-born, Dutch slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. She finished sixth in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1979 births Living people Dutch female canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands People from Iserlohn Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ferekidi
Maria Ferekidi (born 2 December 1981 in Athens) is a Greek slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... in Athens, she was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event, finishing in 17th place. Four years later in Beijing, Ferekidi was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event where she was classified in 11th place. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1981 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Greek female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Greece Sportspeople from Athens {{Greece-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterina Lukicheva
Yekaterina Smirnova (née Lukicheva) (born May 21, 1988) is a Kazakhstani slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004. Smirnova competed in three Olympic Games. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing in 12th place. She then finished in 19th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after being eliminated in the heats. At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in Tokyo, she finished 25th in the K1 event, once again eliminated in the heats. References External links * * 1988 births People from East Kazakhstan Region Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Corrie
Heather Corrie (born 25 July 1971 near Manchester) is a British-born slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1986 to 2008. She won six medals for Great Britain in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (1995, 2005) and four bronzes (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003). She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem. Corrie won the pre-world championship event in 2001 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France. Corrie, a dual national, competed for the United States in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing where she finished eighth. She also won the US National Championships and the Pan American Championships in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Giai Pron
Maria Cristina Giai Pron (born 21 August 1974 in Turin) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1989 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice. She also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg. Giai Pron also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the K1 event in Atlanta in 1996. Her younger sister Maria Clara represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... World Cup individual podiums References * 1974 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Stanuch
Agnieszka Stanuch (born 21 November 1979 in Lubań) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2008. She competed in two Summer Olympics and earned her best finish of fifth in the K1 event in Beijing in 2008. She is daughter of former Polish slalom canoeist Jerzy Stanuch Jerzy Zbigniew Stanuch (born 17 May 1953, in Nowy Sącz) is a former Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1971 to 1978. He won three medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two s .... References External links * * * 1979 births Living people Polish female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Poland Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Lubań Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
