Paul Ratcliffe

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]

Paul Ratcliffe

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	K1
World Championships
	1997 Três Coroas	K1 team
	1997 Três Coroas	K1
	1999 La Seu d'Urgell	K1
European Championships
	1998 Roudnice nad Labem	K1
	2002 Bratislava	K1

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

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1996	29 Sep 1996	Três Coroas	1st	K1
1997	22 Jun 1997	Bourg St.-Maurice	1st	K1
	29 Jun 1997	Björbo	1st	K1
1998	21 Jun 1998	Tacen	1st	K1
	2 Aug 1998	Wausau	2nd	K1
	13 Sep 1998	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
1999	24 Jun 1999	Tacen	1st	K1
	15 Aug 1999	Bratislava	1st	K1
	3 Oct 1999	Penrith	1st	K1
2000	30 Apr 2000	Penrith	1st	K1
	2 Jul 2000	Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre	1st	K1
	23 Jul 2000	Prague	1st	K1
2003	6 Jul 2003	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	K1
	31 Jul 2003	Bratislava	3rd	K1

References

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

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)

External links

• Paul Ratcliffe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)