Anne Rikala (born February 20, 1977 in
Kangasala) is a
Finnish 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 ...
who has competed since 2005. She won four medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m: both
2007
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) and two bronzes (K-1 5000 m:
2010
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, K-2 200 m:
2006
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).
Rikala also competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, finishing seventh in the
K-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-1 500 m event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the K-1 500 m again, finishing in eighth.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1977 births
Living people
People from Kangasala
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Finnish female canoeists
Olympic canoeists of Finland
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
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