Paul Ratcliffe

Not to be confused with Paul Ratcliffe (soccer).

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

Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.

Early life

He came from Tyldesley, in Wigan,[1] and trained with Manchester Canoe Club.

He attended the University of Nottingham.[2]

Career

Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.[3]

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

Total
K1 11 2 1 14
Season Date Venue Position Event
1996 29 September 1996 Três Coroas 1st K1
1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st K1
29 June 1997 Björbo 1st K1
1998 21 June 1998 Tacen 1st K1
2 August 1998 Wausau 2nd K1
13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
1999 24 June 1999 Tacen 1st K1
15 August 1999 Bratislava 1st K1
3 October 1999 Penrith 1st K1
2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 1st K1
2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 1st K1
23 July 2000 Prague 1st K1
2003 6 July 2003 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
31 July 2003 Bratislava 3rd K1

References

  1. ^ Manchester Evening News Thursday 3 May 1990, page 83
  2. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Monday 19 September 1994, page 24
  3. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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