Fiona Pennie Explained

Fiona Pennie
Fullname:Fiona Elizabeth Maureen Pennie
Nationality:British
Birth Date:9 November 1982
Birth Place:Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Height:1.69 m
Weight:72 kg
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:K1, extreme slalom
Club:C.R. CATS
Highestranking:No. 5 (July 2011)
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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]

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

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2006 6 August 2006 bgcolor=silver2nd K11
2007 30 June 2007 3rd K1
2010 20 June 2010 bgcolor=silver2nd K1
27 June 2010 3rd K1
2016 11 September 2016 3rd K1
2021 13 June 2021 bgcolor=silver2nd Extreme K1

1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

Notes and References

  1. https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/olympic-paralympic/team/fiona-pennie/ Fiona Pennie | British Canoeing
  2. Web site: Fiona Pennie. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/fiona-pennie-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 6 January 2018.
  3. Web site: 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 . 12 April 2024 . 9 November 2009 . https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results/1107/0,Medal_winners_since_1936/1510/0 . dead .
  4. Web site: Fiona PENNIE (GBR). CanoeSlalom.net. 5 November 2017.