Robin Bell (born 16 November 1977 in

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) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Competing in three

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, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in

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. Bell also won a complete set of medals in the C1 event at the

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with a gold in

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, a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. He won the overall

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title in C1 in

and

. He was named

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in 2005, and became world number one in 2006.

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points :

² Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points :

³ Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

Australian Olympic Committee profile
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1977 births Australian Institute of Sport canoeists Australian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Cape Town South African emigrants to Australia Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub