Michele Eray (born 5 May 1979) is a South African
sprint canoer
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 ...
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marathon canoeist and surfski paddler who competed in the late 2000s. At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, she finished seventh in the
K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-2 500 m event. She finished first of the women in the 2011
Berg River Canoe Marathon
The ''Berg River Canoe Marathon'' takes place annually in South Africa's Western Cape Province over a distance of some 240 km from Paarl to the small harbour of Velddrif on the West Coast. The three other notable South African canoe races a ...
, clocking an aggregate time of 19:06.02 in the 4-day event. Michele was the 201
ICF Canoe Ocean racing(surfski) World Champion, won the silver medal at the 2015 ICF Ocean Racing World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 200
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships.and placed 4th four times. She has also won the notoriou
Cape Point Challenge Surfski Race4 times.
She moved to the US to become Sprint High Performance Manager at USA Canoe Kayak.
She represented the US in the ICF Marathon World Championships in the WK1 in 2014, finishing 11th
[http://resultsdata.deltatiming.com/2014-icf-cam-world-championships/WCH-Race10.pdf ] as well as placing 4th in 2015, and 7th in 2018, both in the WK2 event.
References
1979 births
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for South Africa
South African female canoeists
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