Elizabeth Blencowe Thompson (born 10 January 1961) 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 competed in the mid-1980s. At the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in
Los Angeles, she finished eighth in the
K-1 500 m event.
She is married to New Zealand Olympic kayaker
Alan Thompson and has lived in
Gisborne, New Zealand with him since 1981; as of 2017 they coached the Poverty Bay Kayak Club there.
[https://www.eastland.nz/2017/04/24/olympian-cyclone-eastland-port-help-kayakers-go-gold/ "An Olympian, a cyclone, and Eastland Port, help kayakers go for gold!", Eastland Group, April 24, 2017]
References
1961 births
Australian female canoeists
Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Australia
Place of birth missing (living people)
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