Shaun Rubenstein (born 5 November 1983 in
Johannesburg
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Gauteng
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canoe
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r and Olympian.
Career
As a junior canoeist, Rubenstein competed in all forms of the sport, from sprints to river marathons. He was a member of the South African junior sprint and flat-water marathon teams, competing internationally. His best junior result was at the 2001 World Marathon Champs where he won a bronze medal in the K-1 event.
He has been competing internationally at senior level since 2002.
World Marathon Championships
In September 2006 at the World Marathon Championships in Tremolat, Shaun competed in both the K-1 event, where he won the gold medal, and the K2 event, where he won the silver medal with his partner Shaun Biggs, over Marathon legend Manual Busto Fernandes and his K2 partner Emilio Merchan Alonso.
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(Retrieved on June 23, 2008) Two years prior in 2004 Shaun placed third at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in
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Norway
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(Retrieved on June 23, 2008)
Beijing Olympics 2008
Rubenstein competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, but was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-1 500 m and the
K-1 1000 m events.
See also
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List of select Jewish canoers
References
External links
Official website
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Johannesburg
South African male canoeists
Jewish South African sportspeople
Olympic canoeists for South Africa
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships
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