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Canoeing At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 2004 Olympic competition was the ''Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre'' at the Helliniko Olympic Complex The Hellinikon Olympic Complex is a closed, partially demolished sports complex, situated at Hellinikon in the south Athens, approximately 16 kilometres from the Olympic Village. It was built on the site of the former Hellinikon International Airp .... Medalists Results The 25 competitors each took two preliminary runs through the whitewater slalom course. The top 20 kayakers by combined time from the two runs advanced to the semifinal. The top 10 times from the single semifinal run determined the finalists. Ranking and medals are based on the combined time of the semifinal run and the final run. The preliminary runs were raced on August 19 and the semifinal and final ru ... [...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] |
Uroš Kodelja
Uroš Kodelja (born 15 August 1974 in Nova Gorica) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2007. Kodelja won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem. He also finished tenth in the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... References 1974 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Slovenia Slovenian male canoeists People from Nova Gorica {{Slovenia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emir Šarganović
Emir Šarganović (born 23 September 1983) is a Bosnian slalom canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... in the K-1 event, he finished twenty-third in the qualification round, failing to progress to the semifinals. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1983 births Bosnia and Herzegovina male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Bosnia and Herzegovina {{canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinko Mulić
Dinko Mulić (born 8 September 1983 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-born Croatian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Until 2003 he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the K-1 event, he finished twenty-second in the qualification round, failing to progress to the semifinals. He recorded the same result in the K-1 event 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 .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1983 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Rheinisch
Eoin Rheinisch (born 21 February 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish slalom canoeist and three-time Olympic competitor. He competed at the international level from 1996 to 2013. He is from Leixlip, County Kildare. Olympic record Rheinisch competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He competed in the 2004 Olympic K1 event where he finished 21st of 25 overall, exiting the competition after the heats. He came fourth in the 2008 Olympics K1 event. His performance in the Olympic Final was the best ever achievement by an Irish competitor in this event. Previously Ian Wiley finished fifth in the same event at the Atlanta Olympics. Rheinisch competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and qualified for the semifinals of the K1 event, but failed to make it to the finals after incurring a 50-second penalty for missing an upstream gate. He finished in 14th place. World Cup individual podiums Family Irish marathon champion Gary Crossan is his cousin. Involvement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kurt
Michael "Mike" Kurt (born 2 April 1980) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2016. He won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also won four medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes). At the 2004 Summer Olympics Kurt competed in the K1 event. He won the qualification round, and progressed to the semifinals. However, at this stage, he finished 20th out of 25. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventeenth in the qualification round of the K1 event, failing to progress to the semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he placed 13th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinals. He lives in Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the fo ... [...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] |
Benjamin Boukpeti
Benjamin Kudjow Thomas Boukpeti (born August 4, 1981 in Lagny-sur-Marne, France) is a French-born Togolese slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2012. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the K1 event in Beijing in 2008. Boukpeti was the first athlete from Togo to win an Olympic medal. Early life Born in Lagny-sur-Marne, France to a French mother, he holds dual Togolese-French citizenship and chose to represent Togo, the country of his father, in Olympic competition. He began kayaking at age 10. His elder brother Olivier is a member of the French flatwater canoeing team. Canoeing career Competing in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, he placed fifteenth in the first heat of the Men's K1 event to become the first Togolese to reach an Olympic semifinal, but only ranked eighteenth in the semifinal run and did not advance to the final. In January 2008, Boukpeti placed first at the African Championships. In the 2008 Olympics in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floris Braat
Floris Braat (born 29 September 1979, in Eindhoven) is a Dutch slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2004. Braat started his canoe racing career at the age of 10 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. At the age of 14, he was the youngest participant at the 1994 Junior World Championships in Wausau, where he finished in 18th position in the K1 event. He achieved his biggest success by winning the World Cup race in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain in 2000. He also won a silver medal in the K1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. Braat represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... where he finished in 17th position after reaching the semi-finals in the K1 even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazar Popovski
Lazar Popovski ( mk, Лазар Поповски; born 19 May 1975 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian whitewater kayaker, and a four-time Olympian. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the K-1 event he finished sixth in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished sixteenth, failing to reach the top ten and the final round. He had previously competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and also at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... as an Independent Olympic Participant. Lazar Popovski is well known Macedonian whitewater kayaker competing at four editions of Olympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. He also got the honor to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Heyl
Brett Heyl (born 29 October 1981 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2012. He finished 15th in the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Heyl is the nephew of singer James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi .... World Cup individual podiums :1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points :2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points References 1981 births People from Hanover, New Hampshire American male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States Sportspeople from Vermont {{US-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Raab
Ondřej Raab (born 20 June 1973 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2006. He won two silver medals in the K1 team event at the European Championships. Competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... in the K-1 event, he finished ninth in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished fourteenth, failing to reach the top ten and the final round. References 1973 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou {{Czech-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
