Ella Nicholas (born 15 December 1990 in
Tauranga
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,
New Zealand
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) is a
Cook Islands
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slalom canoeist who has competed since 2007.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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she took part in the
K1 event, finishing 18th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, she finished 18th in the heats of the
K1 event and did not qualify for the semifinals. She was the flag bearer for the Cook Islands during the Parade of Nations.
Her brother
Bryden
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also represented Cook Islands at the
2016 Summer Olympics in canoe slalom. Her sister
Jane Nicholas
Jane Nicholas is a slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009. Jane represented New Zealand from 2009 to 2018, before switching to the Cook Islands for the 2019 season, her father's country of birth.
Career
Nicholas ...
has qualified to
Represent the Cook Islands at the delayed
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
External links
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Cook Island female canoeists
New Zealand female canoeists
Sportspeople from Tauranga
1990 births
Living people
Olympic canoeists of the Cook Islands
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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