Amanda Rankin (born 22 October 1976) is an Australian
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the
2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics ...
in
Gainesville.
Rankin also competed at the
2004, Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, finishing sixth in the
K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-1 500 m event.
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1976 births
Australian female canoeists
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Australia
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
21st-century Australian women
Place of birth missing (living people)
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