21. CANOE-KAYAK CAPSULE canoekayak CAPSULE WHERE Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes. thetop women's medal-winner in kayak sprint in olympic history, is back http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesCapsules/canoekayak.html

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22. HickokSports.com - History - Canoeing & Kayaking history. The US canoe Association was founded in 1968 to govern and sanction marathonracing. olympic competition is governed by the US canoekayak Team. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/canokayk.shtml

Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents History Other Resources History The canoe is one of the oldest forms of transportation, probably second only to the raft. Dugout canoes were being manufactured at least 8,000 years ago. But lighter, more maneuverable canoes were developed much more recently in North America by covering a frame with animal skins, fabric, or bark. The birchbark canoe used by Native Americans was adopted by French explorers and fur traders during the 17th century. Despite its frail appearance, it's a very strong, durable craft. Its shallow draft will carry through white-water rapids that would demolish most boats, and it can be easily portaged around totally impassable rapids or across stretches of land from one body of water to another. The Eskimo kayak, which has a partly enclosed deck with openings for the paddlers' seats, was discovered by Europeans somewhat later. While the canoeist uses a single-bladed paddle that's similar to the oar used in rowing, the kayak paddle has a blade on each end and is gripped in the middle. A Scottish lawyer, John MacGregor, was chiefly responsible for establishing canoeing as a recreational sport. In 1845, he designed a type of canoe, the Rob Roy, which had a deck and was equipped with a mast and sail as well as paddles. MacGregor went on a whole series of cruises in Europe and the Holy Land beginning in 1849, and he wrote books and delivered many lectures about his trips.

23. KIAT.NET - Sydney 2000 Games Of The XXVIIth Olympiad history OF THE GAMES From 1896-2000, Athens to Sydney. 3-LETTER olympic COUNTRYABBREVIATIONS. canoe/kayak Sprint, canoe/kayak Sprint (12), Swimming, SWIMMING (32 http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sydney2000/

@import url(http://www.kiat.net/style/default.css); kiat.net OLYMPIC GAMES Home Olympics Sydney 2000 contact us XXVII OLYMPIAD SYDNEY 2000 Sydney, AUS GAMES OF THE XXVII (27th) OLYMPIAD SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 15th - OCTOBER 1st, 2000 THE GAMES OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM LES JEUX DU NOUVEAU MILLENAIRE On 23 September 1993 in Monaco during the 101st IOC Session, Sydney (Australia) was elected to become the host city of the XXVIIth Olympiad in 2000. The Sydney 2000 Games was "The best Olympic Games ever" - Juan Antonio Samaranch - comprising of 28 sports with 300 events . It was attended by 10,651 athletes (4,069 women and 6,582 men) from 199 countries (plus East Timor). The Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad were officially opened by Sir William Deane , Governor General of Australia. The Olympic Flame was lit by Cathy Freeman (Australia).

24. 1996 Olympics - Who To Watch In Canoe/Kayak-Sprint contend for a medal in the kayak event Competitors in the twoman canoe events willcontinue to continue the legacy they have built throughout olympic history. http://www.pan.net/olympics/news/722a.htm

Who to Watch in Canoe/Kayak-Sprint Now, as the Games return to BARTON's homeland, the 1996 Olympic Games marks the 60th year sprint canoe / kayak events have been a permanent fixture on the Olympic Programme. And while hundreds of sprint athletes from more than 40 countries gather on the waters of Lake Lanier, many will learn lessons similar to DAVIES and BARTON. For those who achieve ultimate performances, it will be the lesson of being the best. Leading the hunt for gold in the 500m men's kayak single will be Knut HOLMANN of Norway and Poland's Piotr MARKIEWICZ. The 1992 bronze medalist HOLMANN returns to Olympic waters to attempt to capture the gold medal that escaped him in Barcelona. MARKIEWICZ, gold medalist at the 1995 World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, will be looking to achieve the same success at the 1996 Games. Don't blink or you may miss Rita KOBAN of Hungry in the women's events. KOBAN, who maintains the Hungarian domination of the sprints, captured the silver medal in 1992 in the 500m women's singles and had a strong showing at the Lake Lanier Sprint Challenge with a second-place finish. KOBAN was the key to success for Hungary in the sprint kayak events in '92, where she won a gold medal in the K4 500m, a silver in the K1 500m and a bronze in the K2 500m with partner Eva DONUSZ. Norway's HOLMANN will pull double duty in the men's kayak singles. HOLMANN took first at the World Championships in the 1000m sprint and will look to add a gold medal in Atlanta to the silver he earned at the '92 Games. Australia will pit one of its finest against the Norwegian as Clint ROBINSON returns to defend the gold medal he was awarded at the Barcelona Games. ROBINSON finished second to HOLMANN at the World Championships.

25. Hungarian Olympic Triumph - 1996, Atlanta becomes only volleyball player in olympic history to win Medley olympic Record,159.91 Karoly Karch Boxing Bantamweight Koban Rita, canoe/kayak Women's K http://hipcat.hungary.org/users/hipcat/olympic_1996.htm

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26. Harvard University Athletics: Olympics 1996 Harvard Olympians AllTime Harvard Olympians Harvard's olympic history Harvard'sConnolly Was First Norman Bellingham '94, 1984, canoe-kayak, -, United States. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~athletic/alltimeolymp.html

1996 Harvard Olympians All-Time Harvard Olympians Harvard's Olympic History Harvard's Connolly Was First Modern Medalist (through 1998 Winter Olympics-undergraduates only) Name Year Sport (Event) Medal Country Tenley E. Albright '53-5 Figure Skating Silver United States Figure Skating Gold United States Laurent Alfred '96 Swimming U.S. Virgin Isles Scott E. Allen '71 Figure Skating (singles) Bronze United States Charles Altekruse '80 Rowing (8+) United States Rowing (alternate) United States Rowing (quad sculls) United States John P. Austin '37 Rowing United States Sherwin C. Badger '23 Figure Skating United States Figure Skating Silver United States Eugene Belisle '31 Rowing (4+) United States Norman Bellingham '94 Canoe-Kayak United States Canoe-Kayak Gold United States Canoe-Kayak United States Edward H. Bennett, Jr. '37

27. Harvard University Athletics: Olympics in 14 sports at the Summer olympics canoekayak, diving, equestrian Harvard OlympiansAll-Time Harvard Olympians Harvard's olympic history Harvard's Connolly http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~athletic/olympics.html

1996 Harvard Olympians All-Time Harvard Olympians Harvard's Olympic History Harvard's Connolly Was First Modern Medalist Harvard's Olympic History Since the first Modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896, Crimson athletes have been leaving their mark on the Games... A Harvard athlete won the first gold medal of the modern Olympic Games. James B. Connolly 1898 , of South Boston, was victorious in the hop, skip, and jump (now known as the triple jump), the first event of the 1896 Games in Athens. He took a silver medal in the high jump and a bronze in the long jump at the same Games, and also competed in the 1900 Games. Overall, Harvard won five gold medals at the 1896 Olympics. In addition to Connolly, Thomas E. Burke '01 won in the 100 meters and 400 meters, William W. Hoyt

28. @ugusta Pre-Olympic Training: Augsuta Rowing History, Sept. 26, 1995 Related Links 1996 olympic Rowing 1996 olympic canoe/kayak Slalom 1996 olympiccanoe/kayak Sprint The Rower's Resource photo rowing history http://www.augustachronicle.com/preolympics/rowing/history.html

"Augusta's rowing competition dates back to before the Civil War, when slave crews hauling cotton up and down the river staged impromptu races Related Articles Former Soviet rowing coach makes his home in American and Augusta Former Olympian installs rowing course at Langley Pond Norwegian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian rowers coming to Augusta Related Links 1996 Olympic Rowing 1996 Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom 1996 Olympic Canoe/Kayak Sprint The Rower's Resource Augusta's Training Venues Boxing Equestrian Rowing Shooting Handball Table Tennis Schedule of Events Torch Bearers Augusta's Olympians Rowers age-old sight on river Wayne Partridge Staff Writer Article dated Sept. 26, 1995 A century before golfers came to Augusta to chase little white balls for a green coat, rowers chased each other down the Savannah River hoping to win a silver serving tray. Members of the Augusta Rowing Club haul their boat from the waters of the Savannah River. photo: Natalee Waters/Staff Although the Augusta Rowing Club has existed in its present form for only 11 years, its boats glide over the same waters churned by Augusta oarsmen a century before. ``We became aware of the boat clubs that existed back then, and we thought it would be a good thing to bring that back. We saw it as a way to enhance the regatta,'' said Duncan Wheale, one of the founding organizers of the Augusta Rowing Club and the annual Regatta Fest.

29. Sydney Games olympics, albeit in the worst conditions ever to beset an olympic canoe/kayak final.more Holmann gets gold, but all eyes on Merkov history has second billing. http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/canoe/

Produced by: smh.com.au theage.com.au sportstoday.com.au What's on Today ... Home Change sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoe-Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synch swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Paralympics Finally, cyclonic turned euphoric Strong winds delay the start of the final day of canoe/kayak competition. Photo: QUENTIN JONES When competition finally began six hours after the scheduled start time today, Australia claimed their final medals of these most triumphant Olympics, albeit in the worst conditions ever to beset an Olympic canoe/kayak final. more Holmann gets gold, but all eyes on Merkov History has second billing. For now, at Penrith's Sydney International Regatta Centre, drugs remain the main focal point. more Fischer, Holmann take landmark victories Germany's Birgit Fischer became kayaking's all-time leading Olympic medal-winner with nine and Knut Holmann earned the title of Norway's greatest summer Olympian as Europeans dominated today's paddling finals. more Hungary wins gold in four-man kayak 1000m Hungary won the Olympic gold medal today in the 1000 metre, four-man kayak sprint.

30. Sydney Games women's K4 1000 elevated her lifetime olympic medal tally to nine unmatched inthe history of women's canoe-kayak at the Games - minute-by-minute Whitewater http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/canoe/2000/09/30/FFX0DPNEQDC.html

Produced by: smh.com.au theage.com.au sportstoday.com.au What's on Today ... Canoe-Kayak Change sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoe-Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synch swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Paralympics Holmann gets gold, but all eyes on Merkov It's not yet known whether Petar Merkov will keep his silver medal. Photo: QUENTIN JONES By ALEX BROWN 3:13PM, Sep 30 History has second billing. For now, at Penrith's Sydney International Regatta Centre, drugs remain the main focal point. While Norwegian Knut Holmann claimed gold in yesterday's K1 1000 event, more attention was focused on silver medallist Petar Merkov, who has been accused of returning a positive drug test in his native Bulgaria a fortnight before the Olympics. Even in light of Germany's Birgit Fischer becoming history's most prolific Olympic medal winner among female kayakers - winning gold in the women's K4 1000 - the controversy surrounding Merkov continued to escalate. Given the complicated international procedures needed to prosecute alleged drug transgressors in countries without an IOC-sanctioned testing laboratory, Merkov has been allowed to compete at these Games, albeit under a cloud of international suspicion.

31. Tennis Olympic History HISTORIE OLYMPIJSKÝCH HER (19882000) olympic GAMES history (1988-2000) The olympicGames Table tennis history is compiled canoe/kayak. Cycling. Diving. http://www.apriljuju.com/radio-city-music-hall-schedule.htm

32. Palm Beach to participate based on their olympic history and involvement more than 130,000 youthto olympic sport.â USA canoe/kayak, that sport’s NGB, has had an http://www.olympic-usa.org/CFDOCS/borg/newsTemplate.cfm?spID=75&newsID=1189

33. Aussie Sprint Olympic Story Australia has a rich history of participation in the to have participated in everyolympic Games in the Sprint canoe/kayak was introduced to the olympic Games http://www.ausport.gov.au/canoe/olympics/Sprint-Story.htm

Last updated Wednesday, 11 October 2000 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC SPRINT CANOE/KAYAK REPRESENTATIVES Australia has a rich history of participation in the Olympic Games. In fact we are one of only a few countries to have participated in every Olympic Games in the modern era. Sprint Canoe/Kayak was introduced to the Olympic Games program in 1936 at the Berlin Olympic Games. Australia first participated in Olympic sprint canoe/kayak competition at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Since this first Olympic Games appearance Australia has had 70 athletes participate in Sprint canoe/kayak at the Olympic Games. Many of these representatives have been to more than one Olympic Games. Our longest serving Olympians are Dennis Green and Adrian Powell who have both been to five Olympic Games. Dennis Green's first Olympics were the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and his last was the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Adrian Powell first participated in the Olympic Games in 1960 in Rome and finished his Olympic Games career in 1976 in Montreal. Australia's first Olympic medal was won in 1956 in Melbourne by Walter Brown and Dennis Green in the K2 1000m. The pair claimed the bronze medal. Australians have won ten Olympic medals, including a gold medal to

34. Aussie Slalom Olympic Story Australia has a rich history of participation in the to have participated in everyolympic Games in the Slalom canoe/kayak was introduced to the olympic Games http://www.ausport.gov.au/canoe/olympics/Slalom-Story.htm

Last updated Wednesday, 15 March 2000 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC SLALOM CANOE/KAYAK REPRESENTATIVES Australia has a rich history of participation in the Olympic Games. In fact we are one of only a few countries to have participated in every Olympic Games in the modern era. Slalom Canoe/Kayak was introduced to the Olympic Games program in 1972 at the Munich Olympic Games. However due to the immense cost of a man made course, the Munich Olympic Games would be the last time that slalom would appear until the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in Spain. Slalom was again taken out of the Olympic Games program after the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games but was reinstated into the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games program in September 1997. Australia first participated in Olympic slalom canoe/kayak competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Since this first Olympic Games appearance Australia has had 11 athletes participate in Slalom canoe/kayak at the Olympic Games. Of these representatives only three have been to more than one Olympic Games. Our longest serving Olympians are Matthew Pallister Andrew Wilson and Danielle Woodward . All three competed at both the Barcelona Olympic Games and Atlanta Olympic Games. Australia's only Olympic medal was won in 1992 in Barcelona by Danielle Woodward . The Victorian claimed the silver medal in the ladies kayak event. Australian Slalom Canoe/Kayak Representatives at the Olympic Games: Australian Representatives - by alphabetical order Australian Representatives - by Olympic Year Australian Olympic Medal Tally

35. Know Your Sport About The history of the canoe and kayak has canoe/kayak, consisting solely of thesprint, was a demonstration competition at the 1924 olympic Games before http://www.woaolympians.com/canoe.html

Choose Your Sport Olympic Season Summer Sports Winter Sports Aquatics Athletics Archery Badminton ... Wrestling International Canoe Federation CANOE/KAYAK About The history of the canoe and kayak has been traced back thousands of years to when natives used these craft to hunt, fish and travel. Canoes were used mainly by the native North and South American Indians along with the Polynesian islanders of the Pacific. They were propelled through the water by single-bladed paddles usually made from wood. The earliest known archaeological evidence of a canoe was unearthed at the tomb of a Sumerian king near the Euphrates River. This relic is estimated to be around 6000 years old. The counterpart of the American Indian canoe is the kayak which was introduced by Eskimos many years ago. These people inhabited the land to the far north of the American continent and Greenland. CANOE/KAYAK - Flatwater A whalebone and driftwood frame, with a sea-lion skin stretched tautly over it and waterproofed with whale fat, hardly suggests a budding Olympic sport. Yet the kayaks that meant life to the Inuits in the Arctic for centuries have become the racing kayaks of the modern world - even if the building materials have changed.

36. The Official New Zealand Olympic Committee Website For The 2000 Olympic Games: S Record ninth medal for German German kayaker Birgit Fischer became the greatestmedal winner in olympic canoe and kayak history at the Sydney regatta on http://oneolympics.nzoom.com/stories/sep30_10.html

other nzoom.com sites: select here... NZOOM - ONE News - ONE Sport - ONE Olympics - ONE Weather - ONE Business - Technology - On TV - TV ONE - Entertainment - Travel - Horoscopes - Jobs FAVOURITES - Chat - Clubs - Games - Competitions - Ecards ABOUT NZOOM - Help - Contact - Sitemap - Ad Info OLYMPIC NEWS Archive RESULTS KIWIS IN ACTION ... NZOC SPONSORS OLYMPIC NEWS Record ninth medal for German German kayaker Birgit Fischer became the greatest medal winner in Olympic canoe and kayak history at the Sydney regatta on Saturday, winning a sixth gold medal to go with her three silvers. Fischer, 38, was part of the German kayak fours crew who successfully defended their gold medal from the Atlanta Games. They beat their main rivals, the reigning world champions from Hungary, in a time of 1m34.532s with a winning margin of 0.414 seconds. Romania were third. Fischer has won gold at every Olympics from Moscow in 1980 to Sydney 20 years later, apart from the Los Angeles Games in 1984. In a double celebration for the Germans, Andreas Dittmer, the world championship silver medallist and gold medal favourite, won the men's canoe singles one-kilometre final. Norway's Knut Holmann, meanwhile, won his second gold in successive Games, retaining his kayak singles one-kilometre title.

37. Pam Boteler - Leading The Charge For Women's Canoe/Kayak Club in Washington, DC, made USA canoe/kayak history at the first ever regattas toinclude women's canoe World Cup and pursue their dream of olympic inclusion http://www.justcanoeit.com/PamBoteler/

Pam Boteler JustCanoeIt! home career highlights in the news ... contact home "Smash Stereotypes, Break Down Barriers, Build Bridges for Women in Paddlesports!" photo by Fairfax Hackley Pam Boteler of the Washington Canoe Club in Washington, DC, made USA Canoe/Kayak history at the 2000 National Championships by becoming the first woman to compete in sprint canoe. The caveat at this Nationals was that women were permitted to compete - however they had to race against the men in the Intermediate Class only. Pam not only competed, but she won a bronze medal in the C1 500 Men's Intermediate race and teamed with Heather McNie (Canada) to take Gold in the C2 500 Men's Intermediate Race. Pam competed against the men in the U.S. again in 2001, and she also had her first opportunities to race and make history internationally in the first ever regattas to include women's canoe - World Cup #1 in Gainesville, GA and the Pan American Championships, where she won 2 silver medals. Pam is currently the most decorated female canoeist in the U.S. and she has worked tirelessly - on and off the water - to pave the way for other women of all ages to follow and pursue their dream of Olympic inclusion. And she has done this all working her full-time job as Director of External Affairs for the Inspector General at the Department of the Interior. With her success on the water, her involvement with USACK (as an At-Large Representative to the Board of Directors and an At-Large Rep to the Sprint Racing Committee), her personal lobby efforts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and soon Seville, Spain and Curitiba, Brazil and her professional career, Pam serves as a role-model for women and canoeists of all ages and backgrounds to pursue their Olympic dream.

38. JustCanoeIt! - Quick Facts lead role with Canada in lobbying for olympic recognition This year, history was madeonce again in the For the first time ever USA canoe/kayak (USACK) - the http://www.justcanoeit.com/QuickFacts.html

QUICK FACTS! What is Sprint Canoe? Sprint (or better known as “high-kneel”) canoe is currently an Olympic event for men and is the companion sport to sprint kayak (an Olympic event for men and women). Race distances are 1000, 500 and 200 meters respectively and are competed on flat water down straight buoyed lanes. What is a Sprint Canoe? Sprint canoes are very narrow, sleek boats made of carbon fiber, fiber glass (or both) or, for the older versions, wood (e.g., mahogany). There are one person (C1), two person (C2) and four person (C4) canoes. Rules of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) (see "Rules" http://www.canoeicf.com/flatwater/rules.htm ) require these shells to meet specific length and weight requirements, e.g., a one person canoe (C1) must be 17ft in length and weigh no less than 16kg (or approximately 35 pounds). There are no longer width requirements for sprint canoes and the boats currently paddled by elite athletes are as narrow as 14 inches wide. A sprint canoe is paddled from a "high kneel" position using a single blade slightly shorter than the height of the athlete (up to about the bridge of the nose). This differs from the more traditional and better recognized seated position of recreational or marathon race canoeing.

39. Canoe Racing BC - Sprint Flatwater Canoe Kayak Racing Clubs, coaching, officials, athlete development, notice board, registration and photographs.Category Sports Water Sports Organizations Canada...... history Like so many olympic sports, canoeing and kayaking came to the fore The kayakcaught on, and by the second half of the 1800s, canoe regatta had http://members.shaw.ca/crbc/

Executive CRBC Clubs Coaching Regional Coach ... SIRC About Us Sprint Canoe and Kayak List CRBC Phone CRBC Fax Have you registered yet? Deadline March 31st .... click here The 2003 Athletes Handbook is here E X T R A E X T R A Jan Newsletter [ more Sport System Building and Long-term Athlete Development in BC [more] NCKC has just elected their board click here and select "save as" 2003 CRBC Events Schedule March 15-16 Dry-Land Olympics Regional Centres All Athletes + Team B.C. March 17-22 Spring Training Camp Week # 1 Maple Ridge All Athletes + Team B.C.

40. Community Should Invest In Olympic Legacy - Opinion - Gainesvilletimes.com the 2003 Sprint canoe/kayak World Championships, the premier international eventsecond only to the olympic Games. This will mark the first time in history the http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20011205/opinion/1276499.html

Home News Communities Homes ... Local News News from Gainesville and northeast Georgia. Obituaries Today's obituaries from The Times Local Sports Area high school and college sports. Opinion Editorials, letters, and columnists. Weather Forecast and latest conditions. Technology Your guide to the 'Net, gadgets, games and more. Nation/World Breaking headlines from The Associated Press. Wednesday, December 5, 2001 Community should invest in Olympic legacy In 2003 the eyes of the Olympic world will again turn to Gainesville, the site of the 1996 Olympic sprint canoe/kayak competition. This time, your fine city will host the 2003 Sprint Canoe/Kayak World Championships, the premier international event second only to the Olympic Games. This will mark the first time in history the United States has played host to the sprint world championships. What an incredible honor for the Gainesville community! Being awarded an event of this magnitude is a credit to the leadership of the community. However, the fact that the 2003 Worlds will serve as a qualifier for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, makes it an even more significant tribute. Having the world championship on U.S. soil the year before the Olympic Games is an enormous opportunity for the sport, its athletes and for the city of Gainesville. Not only will it have a positive financial impact on your community, but it will also allow the world to witness firsthand the dedicated individuals, professional management and unmatched hospitality that the Gainesville community has to offer.

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