Martina Wegman Explained

Martina Wegman
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	13 June 1989
Birth Place:	Schoorl^[1]
Height:	1.75 m
Country:	Netherlands
Sport:	Canoe slalom
Event:	K1, Extreme K1
Show-Medals:	yes

Martina Wegman (born 13 June 1989) is a Dutch slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014.^[2]

She won a silver medal in the Extreme K1 event at the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.^[3] She also won the overall World Cup title in the Extreme K1 in 2018, the first season when this event counted for world cup points.

Wegman competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished 7th in the K1 event.

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2018	8 July 2018		bgcolor=silver	2nd	Extreme K1
	30 September 2018		bgcolor=silver	2nd	Extreme K1^1
2019	30 June 2019		bgcolor=gold	1st	Extreme K1
2021	12 September 2021		bgcolor=gold	1st	Extreme K1
2022	19 June 2022		bgcolor=gold	1st	Extreme K1

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

Notes and References

1. Nick Harding, Martina Wegman; the Dutch girl who had to travel to paddle, Sportscene, 27 March 2013
2. Web site: Martina WEGMAN (NED) . CanoeSlalom.net . 1 October 2018.
3. Web site: Women's Extreme K1 results . 30 September 2018.