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Canoeing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Slalom K-1
The men's canoe slalom K-1 competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 29 July and 1 August at the Lee Valley White Water Centre. Twenty-two canoeists from 22 countries competed. Daniele Molmenti of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ... won the gold medal. Competition format The competition started with heats. Each athlete ran the course twice and the best of these two scores determined the 15 qualifiers for the semi-finals. In the semi-final each canoeist ran the course once. The 10 best scores qualified for the final, which was also one run down the course. The canoeist with the best score won the gold medal. Schedule All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00) File:Lee Valley White Water Centre (1st gate set, 2012 Olympics).s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Valley White Water Centre
Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre, that was constructed to host the whitewater slalom, canoe slalom events of the 2012 Summer Olympics, London 2012 Olympic Games. On 9 December 2010, Anne, Princess Royal officially opened the venue which is owned by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and was orginally managed by them as well, but since April 1st 2022, is now managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) under its "Better" brand. The £31 million ($50 million US) project to construct the centre finished on schedule and was the first newly constructed Olympic venue to be completed. Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Slalom, The Olympic canoe slalom competition was held from 29 July through 2 August. The venue also hosted the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. Venue The venue is located between the towns of Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire and Waltham Abbey (town), Waltham Abbey in Essex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Yazawa
is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K1 event finishing in 18th place. Four years later at the London games he was able to qualify for the final of the K1 event where he finished in 9th place. Kazuki Yazawa also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ... where it was reported that in addition to being an Olympian, he is also a Buddhist priest. He finished the K1 event in 11th place. His sister Aki Yazawa is also an Olympic slalom canoeist. World Cup individual podiums :1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points References 1989 births Canoeist ... [...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] |
Jonathan Akinyemi
Johnathan Peter Akinyemi (born 22 November 1988 in Warrington, England) is a Nigerian whitewater slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed since 2007. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, K1 event, finishing 21st in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. He finished in 20th place in the Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. References Sports-Reference.com profile Nigerian male canoeists 1988 births Living people Olympic canoeists for Nigeria Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics English sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent Yoruba sportspeople {{ Nigeria-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tayler
Michael Tayler (born February 6, 1992) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. Tayler competed at three Summer Olympics. His first Olympic appearance came at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the K1 event, finishing in 20th place after being eliminated in the heats. He beat former world champion David Ford to earn the Canadian spot at the 2012 Olympics. In July 2016, he was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the second time. He finished in 16th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He represented Canada again at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished 24th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the heats. He was born in Calgary, Alberta. References External links *Michael TAYLERat CanoeSlalom.net at |
