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Fiona Pennie

Fiona Pennie

British slalom canoeist

Fiona Pennie (born 9 November 1982) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 1997. She lives in Waltham Abbey in Essex.[1]

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Career

Pennie won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000 and won the overall Junior World Cup Series in the same year. As an Under 23 athlete, she won a team bronze medal in 2004 and an individual bronze medal in 2005, both at the European Under 23 Championships. She competed in the K1 event at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and placed 17th and 6th, respectively.[2]

She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1 team: 2019, 2021), three silvers (K1: 2006,[3] 2014; K1 team: 2015) and two bronzes (K1 team: 2007, 2018). She became European Champion in the K1 (solo kayak class) event in 2013. She won a total of 8 medals (3 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes) at the European Championships.[4]

World Cup individual podiums

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References

  1. [1]
    Fiona Pennie | British Canoeing Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Fiona Pennie". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. [4]
    "Fiona PENNIE (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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