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Annebel van der Knijff

Annebel van der Knijff

Knijff in Seu d'Urgell in 2017
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Markkleeberg C1 team
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Foz do Iguaçu C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ivrea C1 team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bratislava C1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Solkan C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bratislava C1 team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kraków C1 team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Solkan C1 team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Skopje C1 team

Annebel van der Knijff (born 5 March 1996 in Wassenaar, Netherlands) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012 in both C1 and K1.[1] She has also competed in mixed C2.

Career

Annebel won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 2015 European Championships in Markkleeberg.[2] She won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the U23 European Championships in 2012, her first international competition at age 16.[3] At the 2013 U23 World Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš she won a silver medal in C1 team event.[4] At the 2013 Junior European Championships in Bourg-Saint-Maurice she won a gold medal in the K1 team event.[5]

Personal life

Both her parents were world cup windsurfers. Her mother was overall Dutch champion windsurfer in 1996.

She moved from the Netherlands to Andorra at age 3, then to Spain, living next to the 1992 Olympic wild water course. She has been paddling since 8 years old and won most National Spanish Championships of her category since then. She has been a part of the Spanish senior team in C1 since 2013 and the Spanish junior and U23 team in C1 and K1 since 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Woo-Gyeom Kim (Track Cycling) : Prize list and results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ^ "Annebel VAN DER KNIJFF (ESP)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Kayak Solkan Gorizia 2012 Evropsko prvenstvo brez meja". 2012-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ^ Canoeing - World U-23 Championships - Slalom 2013[dead link‍]
  5. ^ 2013 ECA Canoe Slalom Junior/U23 European Championships Junior Team K1[permanent dead link‍]
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annebel_van_der_Knijff