Haley Daniels (born 14 December 1990) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2010. Daniels started canoeing at age 6 and competing at age 12 in

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. She made her senior international debut in 2008 and won the bronze medal in the

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, in 2015. With women’s canoeing events finally added to the Olympic slate for the 2020 Tokyo Games Daniels secured

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for the delayed event in June 2021.Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
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in the inaugural edition of the C1 event at the Tokyo Games, finishing in 22nd place after being eliminated in the heats.

Personal life

Her grandfather was a Grey Cup Champion playing for the Toronto Argos in the 1950 mud bowl. He also played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes football teams.

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* 1990 births Living people Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian female canoeists Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Sportspeople from Calgary Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Canada 21st-century Canadian women 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub