Klara MacAskill (born December 31, 1964, in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born, Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-1990s.

Accomplishments

MacAskill won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the

1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico for the second time at neighboring Xochimilco. The Mexican city had hosted the event previously in 1974 at the same venue that hosted the canoeing and rowing competitio ...

in Mexico City. She also competed in two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, earning her best finish of fifth on two occasions (

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: K-2 500 m,

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: K-4 500 m).

References

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1964 births Canoeists from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to Canada Canadian female canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub