Paul Ratcliffe (canoeist)

Paul Ratcliffe

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyK1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 Três CoroasK1 team
Bronze medal – third place1997 Três CoroasK1
Bronze medal – third place1999 La Seu d'UrgellK1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Roudnice nad LabemK1
Gold medal – first place2002 BratislavaK1

Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.

Early life

He came from Tyldesley, in Wigan,[1] and trained with Manchester Canoe Club.

He attended the University of Nottingham.[2]

Career

Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[3]

Ratcliffe also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 1997) and two bronzes (K1: 1997, 1999).

He won overall World Cup title in K1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-time European Champion.

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1112114
Season Date Venue Position Event
199629 September 1996Três Coroas1stK1
199722 June 1997Bourg St.-Maurice1stK1
29 June 1997Björbo1stK1
199821 June 1998Tacen1stK1
2 August 1998Wausau2ndK1
13 September 1998La Seu d'Urgell1stK1
199924 June 1999Tacen1stK1
15 August 1999Bratislava1stK1
3 October 1999Penrith1stK1
200030 April 2000Penrith1stK1
2 July 2000Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre1stK1
23 July 2000Prague1stK1
20036 July 2003La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
31 July 2003Bratislava3rdK1

References

  1. ↑ Manchester Evening News Thursday 3 May 1990, page 83
  2. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Monday 19 September 1994, page 24
  3. ↑ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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