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Canoeing At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's Slalom K-1
These are the results of the women'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 Air .... Medalists Results The 19 competitors each took two preliminary runs through the whitewater slalom course. The top 15 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 17 and the semifinal and fina ... [...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] |
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] |
Canoeing At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. A total of 16 events were contested, 12 sprint events (9 for men and 3 for women) and 4 slalom events (3 for men and 1 for women). Medal summary By event Slalom Sprint ;Men ;Women By nation References2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2.pp. 284–92. External linksOfficial result book – Canoe / Kayak Flatwater Racing {{Canoeing and kayaking at the Summer Olympics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
