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Canoeing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 Metres
The women's canoe sprint K-1 200 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of .... Competition format The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. Schedule All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00) Results Heats The six best placed boats in each heat advance to the semifinals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Semifinals The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final alongside the two fastest third placed boats. The last third placed boat alongside, the fourth and fifth placed boats and the fastest sixth placed boat qualify for the 'B' final. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Semifinal 3 Finals Final B Final A References C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames. The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon. 2012 Olympic venue The lake was used as the 2012 Summer Olympic venue for rowing and canoe sprint, and as the 2012 Summer Paralympic venue for rowing. For the duration of the Olympics, the lake was officially referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolina Moldovan
Nikolina Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Николина Молдован, born 1 May 1990) is a Serbian sprint canoer. Career Nikolina was born on 1 May 1990 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjana, originally from Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, .... Her sister Olivera Moldovan is also a sprint canoer. Nikolina represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in 2 disciplines: K-1 200m and K-2 500m (with her sister, Olivera Moldovan). Moldovan competed in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the K-2 500m she competed with Milica Starovic. References External links * * Biography at sportline.hu {{DEFAULTSORT:Moldovan, Nikolina 1990 births Living people Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenni Mikkonen
Jenni Honkanen-Mikkonen (born 24 February 1980 in Lahti) is a Finnish sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged. Honkanen-Mikkonen also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008. Her husband, Kalle, also competes as a sprint canoer for Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... References * * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Lahti Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Finnish female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Finland ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alana Nicholls
Alana Nicholls (born 6 April 1986) is an Australian kayaker. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events. Personal Nicknamed "Lans", Nicholls was born 6 April 1986 in Perth, Western Australia. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes in Perth before going to high school at Chisholm Catholic College. She has a part-time job working for CITIC Pacific Mining Management, a mining company. , she lives in the Perth suburb of City Beach. Nicholls is tall and weighs . Canoeing Nicholls is a member of the Bayswater Paddle Sport Club, and has a canoe scholarship with the WA Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport. Her primary training base is in Bayswater, Western Australia with a secondary base on the Gold Coast of Queensland. Nicholls competed at her first World Cup event, World Cup 2 in the Czech Republic, in 2011 where she won the K-1 500 m event. She finished 4th in the K1 200m event and 5th in the K1 500m event at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Kitamoto
is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, the first person from Japan to medal at the world championships. Competing in three Summer Olympics (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012), Kitamoto earned her best finish of fifth in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; .... World Cup Racice 2010 k1 500m gold medal External linksSports-Reference.com profile 1977 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Japanese female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Japan Asian Games medalists in canoeing ICF C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Kruger
Tiffany Kruger (born July 18, 1987 in Durban) is a South African sprint canoeist. Kruger is a member of Natal Canoe Club in Pietermaritzburg, and is coached and trained by former Olympic silver medalist Attila Adrovicz of Hungary (1992). Kruger represented South Africa 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 ..., where she competed in the first ever women's K-1 200 metres. She paddled in the third heat against six other canoeists, including former Olympic champion Inna Osypenko of Ukraine. Kruger, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she finished seventh in her heat by nearly three seconds behind Slovakia's Ivana Kmeťová, with a time of 46.122 seconds. References External linksNBC Olympics Profile 1987 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Kmeťová
Ivana ( sr, Ивана) is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna. In Croatia, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999. Variants Iva and Ivanka are diminutives derived from Ivana. The name day is celebrated on April 4. In Croatia, the name day is celebrated on December 27. In Slovakia, the name day is celebrated on December 28. In Macedonia, the name day is celebrated on July 07 - also known as ''Ivanden''. People named Ivana Given name Ivana * Ivana (singer) (born 1969), Bulgarian pop-folk singer * Ivana Abramović (born 1983), Croatian professional tennis player * Ivana Alawi (born 1996) Filipina actress, model, YouTuber and singer * Ivana Bacik (born 1968), Czech-Irish politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Sergeyeva
Natalya Sergeyeva (born May 3, 1976) is a Kazakhstani sprint canoe racer who competed from the mid-2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the K-2 500 m event while being disqualified in the heats of the K-1 500 m event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the K-1 200 m. In the K-1 500 m she reached the B Final. References External linksSports-Reference.com profile 1976 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Asian Games medalists in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silke Hörmann
Silke Hörmann (born 1986) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She has won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-2 1000 m: 2010, K-4 1000 m: 2006, 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...). References * * German female canoeists Living people 1986 births Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Germany ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Karlsruhe {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Portela (Portuguese Canoeist)
Teresa do Rosário Afonso Portela (born 30 October 1987) is a Portuguese sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. At club level, she competes for S.L. Benfica. Portela also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but she was eliminated in the semifinals. In 2010, Portela won the gold in the K1 200m World Cup at Szeged, Hungary. In 2011, she won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Belgrade and also won the World Cup II meet, both in the K1 200 discipline. That year, Portela won her 50th national title, having won a total of 52. Portela qualified for London 2012 in K4 500, K1 500 and K1 200 at the World Championships in Szeged 2011. After a year off, Portela was back racing in 2014 winning a medal at the World Cup in Szeged and double bronze in the Europeans, finishing with a 5th place in the K1 500 m in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Paldanius
Sofia Paldanius (born 16 March 1979) is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Her latest success is when she was fourth at the Olympic Games in London in K1 500 2012. She won four bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-1 1000 m: 2007, 2010; K-2 500 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2006). Paldanius also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at London in 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat .... In January 2017 it was announced she would stop competing at top-level. References External links * * * * * * 1979 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arezoo Hakimi
Arezoo Hakimi Moghaddam ( fa, آرزو حکیمی مقدم; born in Hamedan, 18 April 1995) is an Iranian kayaker who was the youngest athlete in Iran team in 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20120827161738/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hakimimoghaddam-arezou-1077528/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakimi, Arezoo Living people 1995 births Iranian female canoeists Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Iran Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Tehran 21st-century Iranian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
