Biography
Katie VINCENT
 CANOE KAYAK CANADA
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| 12/03/1996 | |
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| other members of the team: | Laurence VINCENT-LAPOINTE | ||
| NICKNAME: | Katie | |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Playing a crucial role in the inclusion of women’s canoe sprint events at the Olympic Games, the Ontario native won a C2 500 bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. She upgraded that to a gold in C1 200 at Paris 2024 before adding another C2 500 bronze. Starting to paddle at the age of 10, her role model is compatriot Mark Oldershaw. She is currently pursuing kinesiology at York University and is nicknamed Kitkat. | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/KatieVincentCanoe/ | |
| TWITTER: | https://twitter.com/kvincent96 | |
| INSTAGRAM: | https://www.instagram.com/katie.20.100_/ | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Halifax, NS | |
| OCCUPATION: | Athlete, Student | |
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | Human Movement Studies - Dalhousie University: Halifax, NS, CAN | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | She began paddling at age 10 | |
| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: | She signed up for a youth programme because her older brother Chris and some of her friends had joined | |
| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: | Coach Kyle Jeffery | |
| SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS: | Her paddle has to be taped a certain way so that she knows where to place her hands | |
| AMBITIONS : | To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | She was named the 2013 Female Amateur Athlete of the Year in Mississauga, ON, Canada. (Facebook page, 12 Aug 2015) She was flag bearer for Team Ontario at the closing ceremony of the 2013 Canada Games in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. (makeachamp.com, 2015) | |
| CLUB: | Mississauga Canoe Club: Canada | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Kyle Jeffrey [personal], CAN; Rob Stott [national], CAN | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: | 2012 | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: | Brazil | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: | Pan American Championships | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: | Rio | |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | LOBBYIST She was one of the leading canoeists lobbying for the inclusion of the women's canoe sprint events at the Olympic Games. "Mostly because male canoe is in the Olympics and there's also women's kayak and men's kayak, [women's canoe] is kind of the missing piece of the puzzle. There are people you talk to and explain the inequality that has been there and it is mostly surprising and shocking." (mississauga.com, 21 Jan 2016) | |
| BEST RESULTS: | Olympics: Gold - 1, Bronze - 2; World Championships: Gold - 9, Bronze - 3. |
2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CUP 2
Results
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May 25 11:31 |
Women's 500m C2 SENIOR Heats 2 |
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01:53.787
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May 26 13:34 |
Women's 500m C2 SENIOR Final A |
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1
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01:51.428
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May 26 16:35 |
Women's 500m C1 SENIOR Heats 1 |
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1
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02:10.239
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May 27 10:32 |
Women's 500m C1 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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1
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02:18.083
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May 27 12:36 |
Women's 500m C1 SENIOR Final A |
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1
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02:06.482
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