Alistair Munro born 24, September 1958 in Greenock, Scotland is a retired international sports person. He was a competitive slalom canoeist before turning to coaching and sports reporting.
Canoeing
Formerly a
British slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s in all disciplines of the sport. He started in sea kayaking and then competed for Scotland national Team in sprint marathon disciplines before specializing in white water/slalom disciplines. Alistair won numerous national titles in Scotland in multiple disciplines in a sporting career lasting from 1974-1986.
He won with
Jock Young (canoeist) the British Slalom C-2 championships in 1979, won the Pre World Championships at Bala in 1980, then won a gold medal in the C-2 team event at the
1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bala, Wales, Great Britain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 17th edition. The mixed C2 event was reinstated after not being held at the previous championshi ...
in
Bala
Bala may refer to:
Places
India
*Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India
* Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan
* Bala, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Romania
* Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi ...
.
He competed until the 1985 World Championships at Augsburg and retired from his canoe slalom career after this event.
From 1991 - 1996 he was the personal coach to
Lynn Simpson
Lynn Simpson (Lynn Reys) (born 16 February 1971 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1: ...
(Reys) and coached her at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics.
In 1995 Lynn Simpson won the LK-1 at the Canoe Slalom World Championships at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham, England.
References
External links
Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net
British male canoeists
Living people
1958 births
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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