Paul Ratcliffe

Paul Ratcliffe

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Três Coroas K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Três Coroas K1
Bronze medal – third place 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Roudnice nad Labem K1
Gold medal – first place 2002 Bratislava K1

Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[1]

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

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1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1 11 2 1 14
Season Date Venue Position Event
1996 29 September 1996 Três Coroas 1st K1
1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st K1
29 June 1997 Björbo 1st K1
1998 21 June 1998 Tacen 1st K1
2 August 1998 Wausau 2nd K1
13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
1999 24 June 1999 Tacen 1st K1
15 August 1999 Bratislava 1st K1
3 October 1999 Penrith 1st K1
2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 1st K1
2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 1st K1
23 July 2000 Prague 1st K1
2003 6 July 2003 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
31 July 2003 Bratislava 3rd K1

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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