Katie Vincent (canoeist)

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Katie Vincent (canoeist)

Katharine Leslie "Katie" Vincent (born March 12, 1996) is a Canadian sprint canoeist.[1] She won a gold medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as two bronze medals in the women's C-2 500 metres event, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Katie Vincent
Vincent in 2021
Personal information
Full nameKatharine Leslie Vincent
Born (1996-03-12) March 12, 1996 (age 28)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportCanoe sprint
ClubMississauga Canoe Club
PartnerSloan MacKenzie (C-2)
Coached byKyle Jeffrey and Mark Granger
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2024 ParisC-1 200 m
2020 TokyoC-2 500 m
2024 ParisC-2 500 m
World Championships
2017 RaciceC-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC-2 500 m
2021 CopenhagenC-1 200 m
2022 DartmouthC-1 5000 m
2022 DartmouthC-4 500 m
2022 DartmouthC-2 Mix 500 m
2023 DuisburgC-1 500 m
2023 DuisburgC-1 5000 m
2023 DuisburgC-2 Mix 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC-1 500 m
2023 DuisburgC-2 500 m
2023 DuisburgC-4 500 m
Pan American Games
2023 SantiagoC-2 500 m
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Career

She participated at the 2017 Racice, 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2019 Szeged.[2]

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the debut women's canoe events Women's C-1 200 metres.[3] Vincent would later win bronze in the women's C-2 500 metres with partner Laurence Vincent Lapointe.[4] In June 2024, Vincent was named to her second Olympic team.[5][6] At the Paris Olympics, Vincent won bronze in the C-2 500 event and gold in the C-1 200 event with a World's Best time of 44.12.[7] Vincent became the first women to win a gold medal for Canada in the sport of canoeing.

References

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