Timothy Mark Baillie

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(born 11 May 1979 in

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) is a Scottish slalom canoeist who represented

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. From Westhill in Aberdeenshire, he started competing at the international level in 1996, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2003. He retired from the sport in 2013. He is the Olympic Champion in the C2 event from the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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Career

Baillie and his partner

Etienne Stott Etienne Stott MBE (born 30 June 1979) is an English slalom canoeist who started competing at the international level in 2002, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2005. He retired from the sport in 2016. He is the ...

won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the

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( 2009, 2011). They also won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2009 European Championships at the

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and came in fourth place at the

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. They won another silver and a bronze in the C2 team event at the European Championships alongside the other UK boats of

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and Daniel Goddard/ Colin Radmore. In 2012 they were a part of the British team that won gold at the European Championships in

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in the C2 team event. They are British Premier Division Champions and British Open Champions. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Baillie and partner Etienne Stott qualified through the heats for the C2 event on 30 July, and subsequently progressed to the semi-final. The semi-final consisted of one run each, with the six best competitors qualifying for the final. Baillie and Stott finished in sixth place, taking the final spot and consequently qualifying for the final. As a result of their sixth-place finish, the slowest qualifying time out of the six remaining competitors, Baillie and Stott ran first in the final, securing a time of 106.41. The time was not beaten, with Baillie and Stott winning the gold medal in front of a 12,000 strong home crowd at the

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on 2 August. Fellow British boat of

and

finished second with a time of 106.77. Baillie and Stott's success was described as "unexpected" and a "surprise", with the pair describing winning gold as "mad".

Career highlights

* 2012 Summer Olympics, London - Gold Medal Men's C2 * 2011 Australian Open -

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- Silver Medal Men's C2 * 2010 World Championships -

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- 17th place * 2010 European Championships - Bratislava - 4th place Men's C2 & Bronze Medal Men's Team C2 *

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: Event 1 Prague 9th; Event 2

Parc Olímpic del Segre 6th, Event 3

Eiskanal 3rd * 2009 World Championships - La Seu d’Urgell Parc Olímpic del Segre - 4th place Men's C2, Bronze Medal Men's Team C2 * 2009 European Championships -

Bronze Medal, Men's C2, Silver Medal Men's Team C2 * 2009 World Cup: Overall 4th; Event 1 Pau 7th; Event 2 Bratislava 5th; Augsburg 5th

World Cup individual podiums

Personal life

He attended Westhill Academy, before studying Mechanical Engineering at the

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. He was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to canoeing. He is married to

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slalom canoeist Sarah Boudens.

References

12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- Retrieved 12 September 2009.

External links

Baillie and Stott C2 crew

GB Canoeing - the British Canoeing Team site

Canoe England
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baillie, Timothy Scottish male canoeists Living people 1979 births Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in canoeing Alumni of the University of Nottingham Members of the Order of the British Empire Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics British male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships People educated at Westhill Academy Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire Scottish Olympic medallists