The women's K-1

canoe slalom Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a Spraydeck, decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on Whitewater, river rapids in the fastest time pos ...

competition at the

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took place between 30 July and 2 August at the

Lee Valley White Water Centre Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre in the Middle Lea Valley, in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. It was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of ...

. The gold medal was won by

Émilie Fer Émilie Fer (born 17 February 1983 in Saint-Maurice) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2000 to 2016. She won a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She al ...

from

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Competition format

In the heats, each competitor had two runs; the 15 athletes with the best time qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final consisted of one run each and the best 10 qualified for the final. The final was also one run where the canoeist with the best time won the gold medal.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Gallery

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Maialen Chourraut Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (born 8 March 1983) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level representing Spain since 2000. Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals. She won the gold medal in the K1 event at the ...

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Štěpánka Hilgertová Štěpánka Hilgertová (, née Prošková, born 10 April 1968 in Prague) is a former Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2017. Competing in six Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the ...

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Jana Dukátová Jana Dukátová (born 13 June 1983) is a former Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. She specialized in the K1 event for most of her career, although she was also one of the pioneers of the women's C ...

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Marta Kharitonova Marta Nikolayevna Kharitonova (; born 26 September 1984) is a Russian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. She won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La S ...

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Hannah Craig Hannah Craig (born 10 February 1983 in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland) is an Irish slalom canoer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the K-1 event, finishing 10th in the final. In 2012, she was reported to be from Armoy. Telephone cal ...

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Corinna Kuhnle Corinna Kuhnle (born 4 July 1987 in Vienna) is an Austrian Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2010 ICF Canoe S ...

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Lizzie Neave Elizabeth Rachael "Lizzie" Neave (born 12 June 1987 in Newcastle-under-Lyme) is a British slalom canoeist in women's kayak (K1W). She started competing in 1996 and first gained selection to represent Great Britain at junior le ...

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Eva Terčelj Eva Terčelj (born 21 January 1992) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2007. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1: 2019), a silver (K1 team: 2022) and thr ...

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References

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