Jacqueline Lawrence (canoeist)

Jacqueline "Jacqui" Lawrence (born 25 April 1982 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian slalom canoeist and Olympic silver medallist, from Old Bonalbo, New South Wales.[1] She competed at the international level from 2000 to 2008.[2]

Jacqueline Lawrence
Jacqui Lawrence
Personal information
Born25 April 1982
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing K1

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won silver in the K1 event at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[3]

Her younger sisters Katrina and Rosalyn are also slalom canoeists and in the Olympic trials, Jacqui had to defeat Kate for a place on the Australian team.

Jacqui went to the University of New England in Armidale and was part of Drummond and Smith College.

World Cup individual podiums

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Season Date Venue Position Event
2005 30 Jan 2005 Mangahao 2nd K11
2006 26 Feb 2006 Mangahao 2nd K12
1 Continental Cup Oceania counting for World Cup points
2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

References

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  1. ^ "Jacqui Lawrence - Old Bonalbo's silver medallist". ABC North Coast NSW. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2017.