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Paracanoeing At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, also simply referred to as canoeing, was held in Rio de Janeiro in September 2016, with a maximum of 60 athletes (30 men, 30 women) competing in six sprint style events. This was the first appearance for Para-canoe in the Paralympic Games. Background to inclusion In 2009, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) began a programme to make the sport accessible to everyone, with the explicit aim of including it in the Paralympic Games for the first time in Rio. In 2010, 31 countries sent participants to the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poland. That same year, the sport’s inclusion in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was approved. In the Paralympic Games, only kayaks, identified by the letter K, are used, and only flatwater sprint events are held. Each boat is adapted according to the functional abilities of its crew members. Athletes with any type of physical-motor disability may participate in competitions. Classificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagoa Rodrigo De Freitas
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Portuguese: ''Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas'') is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul (South Zone) area of Rio de Janeiro. The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah. Islands *Piraquê Island on the western edge houses thDepartamento Esportivo do Clube Naval(Sport Department of the Naval Club). *Caiçaras Island on the southern edge houses the Caiçaras Club ( pt), where water skiers tested for the 2007 Pan American Games. History Although it receives its waters from diverse river tributaries from the surrounding hillsides, among those that stand out is the river Rio dos Macacos (today channelized), which introduces contaminated water. The water of the lagoon comes from the damming of an opening to the sea caused by successive build-ups of earth. This separates it from the Atlantic Ocean, except for the Canal do Jardim de Alah. Initially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis McGrath
Curtis Wain McGrath, (born 31 March 1988) is an Australian paracanoeist and former soldier. He took up canoeing competitively after both of his legs were amputated as a result of a mine blast while serving with the Australian Army in Afghanistan. McGrath won consecutive gold medals in the Men's KL2 at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, and has won ten gold medals and a silver at ICF Paracanoe World Championships between 2014 and 2019. Personal McGrath was born in New Zealand on 31 March 1988. His parents are Kimberley and Paul, and he has two siblings – Brent and Sophia. He grew up in Queenstown, New Zealand and attended Wakatipu High School. As a ten year old, his farming family moved to the Western Australian Wheatbelt but then returned to Queenstown. In his last year at high school, he was awarded the Bruce Grant Memorial Trophy for Outdoor Education. His family later relocated to Brisbane, Queensland. McGrath had a desire to become a jet pilot but became a combat e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Reynolds
Amanda Jane "AJ" Jennings (formerly Reynolds, born 7 October 1971) is an Australian paracanoeist who has won two gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. She won a silver medal in the Women's 200m KL3 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Personal Jennings was born on 7 October 1971 and lives in Macclesfield, Victoria. In April 2012, Jennings underwent elective surgery to amputate the lower part of her right leg. For 20 years before the amputation, Jennings lived with depression, chronic pain and an addiction to prescriptive drugs following complications from a dislocated knee. In reflecting to life after the amputation, Jennings commented: "Everybody's got the opportunity. You've just got to have the courage to take it." She is an Equine Sports Therapist. Jennings is married to Wayne and they have two children. Sporting career Jennings is classified as KL3 paracanoeist. Reynolds paddling career started with the Murray Marathon and participated in the 2013 Sale to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dickins
Anne Dickins, (born 20 February 1967) is a British paracanoeist who competes in the KL3 classification. She won gold in this event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and has also won two World Championship and three European Championship golds. Background Dickins was born in Glasgow, Scotland and lives in Oxted, Surrey. She is a physiotherapist by profession. She competed as an endurance mountain biker until she ruptured a disc in her back in 2011, which led to her developing ''cauda equina'' syndrome resulting in permanent nerve damage in her right leg. Dickins was a volunteer Games Maker at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she met Colin Radmore, a canoeing coach who invited her to try out for the Great Britain paracanoeing team. She had to overcome seasickness when she took up the sport, and underwent a desensitisation programme similar to those used by fighter pilots. Career In her first year of competition, Dickins won gold at the 2013 European Championships an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Seipel
Susan Seipel (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian Para-canoeist, a gold and bronze medallist in kayak and outrigger canoe at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal Seipel, a Bellbowrie resident of Queensland, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex, a rare disorder characterised by fusion of joints and absent muscle formation in her legs. Born in Ipswich, Queensland she attended St Peter Claver College. In 2003, she completed Information Technology certificates and in 2004, a TAFE course in horse management. In 2008, she completed a Diploma of Applied Science, Equine Studies Major at the University of Queensland. She has undertaken a course in Professional Leadership at La Trobe University. Seipel was awarded a Full Sporting Blue at Griffith University whilst undertaking a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons). She is a volunteer and ambassador for the RSPCA at Wacol, Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataliia Lagutenko
Nataliia Lagutenko is a Ukrainian Paralympic canoeist. She competed in the paracanoeing competition at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning the silver medal in the women's KL2 event. Lagutenko also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym .... References External links * Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian female canoeists Paralympic canoeists for Ukraine Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in paracanoe Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Wiggs
Emma Clare Wiggs, (born 14 June 1980) is a British paracanoeist and former sitting volleyball player, who competes in the KL2 classification of paracanoe. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the KL2 category, gold and silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in VL2 and KL2 categories, and is also an eleven-time world champion. As a volleyball player she was part of the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Background Wiggs was born in Harrow, London and grew up in Watford. She attended Watford Grammar School for Girls. At the age of 18 she contracted an unidentified virus during a gap year in Australia which caused paralysis in her arms and legs. Her arms later recovered, but she had permanent nerve damage in her legs. Wiggs graduated from the University of Chichester with a degree in sports and exercise sciences in 2003, and went on to qualify as a teacher by gaining the Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 2004. She worked as a physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamila Kubas
Kamila Kubas (born 13 May 1983) is a Polish paracanoeist. She was a bronze medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ... in paracanoe. References External links * * Kamila Kubasat the {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubas, Kamila 1983 births Living people Polish female canoeists Paralympic canoeists for Poland Paralympic bronze medalists for Poland Paralympic medalists in paracanoe Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Zielona Góra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edina Muller
EDINA is a centre for digital expertise, based at the University of Edinburgh as a division of the Information Services Group. Services EDINA front-end services (those accessed directly by the user) are available free at the point of use for University of Edinburgh students and academic staff in the UK working on and off campus. Access to services by external universities, colleges or schools involves licence or subscription and requires some form of authentication by end users. Some services are also provided to researchers outside the UK academic sector. A key service, offered since January 2000, is Digimap, with its core Ordnance Survey collection. Since 2017, EDINA has also offered Noteable, an online hosting platform for computational notebooks, which is built from the open-source Jupyter Notebook environment. History Edinburgh University Data Library EDINA has its origin in Edinburgh University Data Library, which was set up in 1983/4. Researchers at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Chippington
Jeanette Clare Chippington, (née Esling; born 21 April 1970) is a British Paralympic swimmer and paracanoeist. Chippington has represented Great Britain at seven Paralympics, five in swimming Summer Paralympics, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Competing as a S6 classification swimmer she favoured mainly 50 m and 100m freestyle competitions. After retiring from swimming Chippington returned to disability sport, becoming a world class paracanoeist, winning gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and bronze at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Personal history Chippington was born Jeanette Clare Esling in 1970 in Taplow, England. In 1982 she contracted a virus which resulted in damage to her spinal cord which in turn left her paralysed in both legs. She married in 1998, flying from her honeymoon to compete in the IPC Swimming World Championships in New Zealand. She has two children and also works as a swimming instructor and coach. Swimming career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caio Ribeiro De Carvalho
Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the paracanoeing competition, being awarded the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ... in the men's KL3 event. References External links * Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Brazilian male canoeists Paralympic canoeists for Brazil Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in paracanoe Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kierey
Tom Kierey (born 4 September 1994) is a German paracanoeist. He silver medalled at the 2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ... in the Men's KL3. ''rio2016.com'' Retrieved on 1 January 2017. References External links * * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople fr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
