Joe Clarke (canoeist)
Joseph Clarke, MBE (born 3 November 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009, specializing in the K1 (kayak) and KX1 (extreme kayak/kayak cross) events.[2] He is the 2016 Olympic champion in the K1 event,[3] the 2023 World champion in the same event, and a triple World champion in the kayak cross discipline, and has won multiple medals at World and European Championships. He is the most successful kayak cross competitor at global level in the history of the event.
Early life
[edit]Clarke was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.[2] He first tried canoeing during a trip with The Scout Association at the age of eight.[4] He then applied to join the Stafford and Stone Canoe Club, but was rejected for being too young.[5] He was given the chance to reapply through his middle school's canoeing club during year six at Walton Priory Middle School, but as they only had eight places available which were greatly oversubscribed he was required to write a letter to demonstrate why he deserved a place.[6] His application was successful and he began training with the club, competing in his first race in 2004 at the age of 11.[5] Clarke supports local team Stoke City F.C.[7]
Clarke attended Alleyne's Academy high school, after going to his middle school Walton Priory Middle School.[8] At the age of 15 he contracted bacterial meningitis which caused an abscess behind one eye. He was in hospital for two weeks and was treated with intravenous antibiotics, after which he made a full recovery.[9]
Career
[edit]Clarke made his debut for the British junior team in 2009,[5] winning junior European Championship silver medals in the K1 team event in 2009 and 2010.[10] He has trained at the Lee Valley White Water Centre since 2012.[11]
He won a European Championship under-23 silver medal in the individual K1 in 2013, and World Championship silver medals in the under-23 team event in 2013 and 2014.[10]
At senior level, he won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (K1: 2023; Kayak cross: 2021, 2022, 2023; K1 team: 2018), one silver (K1 team: 2022) and two bronzes (K1 team: 2014, 2015).[10] He also won six medals (1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships, including a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.
Clarke won the overall World Cup title in Kayak cross in 2023.
Clarke was selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics after winning the individual K1 at the British selection trials in October 2015.[8] At the Olympics he qualified for the final of the K1 event with the third fastest time in the semi-final. He won gold in the final with a time of 88.53 seconds,[12] the first time a British competitor had won gold in this event.[13]
Clarke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to canoeing.[14]
In 2018, Clarke guest starred in the third episode of the fourth series of the CBBC children cooking show Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch.[15]
World Cup individual podiums
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Total | |
K1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Kayak cross | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 16 August 2014 | Augsburg | 2nd | K1 |
2018 | 24 June 2018 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 3rd | K1 |
1 July 2018 | Kraków | 1st | K1 | |
2019 | 16 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 1st | K1 |
2021 | 11 September 2021 | Pau | 3rd | K1 |
2022 | 12 June 2022 | Prague | 2nd | Kayak cross |
18 June 2022 | Kraków | 2nd | K1 | |
19 June 2022 | Kraków | 3rd | Kayak cross | |
2023 | 2 June 2023 | Augsburg | 2nd | K1 |
4 June 2023 | Augsburg | 3rd | Kayak cross | |
18 June 2023 | Tacen | 1st | Kayak cross | |
2 September 2023 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | K1 | |
3 September 2023 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | Kayak cross | |
2024 | 14 June 2024 | Kraków | 1st | K1 |
Results
[edit]2009
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
22–26 July | Junior European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 110.28 | 108.97 | 108.97 | 27[16] |
K1 Men Team Heat | N/A | 121.97 | 4[16] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 115.45 | 2[16] |
2010
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
8–11 July | Junior World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 102.40 | 101.18 | 101.18 | 3[17] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 122.79 | 30[17] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 116.40 | 5[17] | |||
4–7 August | Junior European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 98.23 | 96.97 | 96.97 | 4[18] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 104.88 | 16[18] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 115.02 | 2[18] |
2011
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
1–3 July | World Cup Race 2 | K1 Men Individual Heat | 102.40 | 103.92 | 102.40 | 44[19] |
14–17 July | U23 European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 97.84 | 100.54 | 97.84 | 15[20] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 101.60 | 18[20] | |||
K1 Men Team Semi-final | N/A | 106.02 | 2[20] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 117.73 | 6[20] | |||
~ | World Cup Final Standings | K1 Men Individual | N/A | 117[21] |
2012
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
11–15 July | U23 World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 115.37 | unknown | 30[22] | |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 108.96 | 12[22] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 131.15 | 10[22] | |||
6–9 September | U23 European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 113.38 | 111.02 | 111.02 | 8[23] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 105.12 | 5[23] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 107.60 | 7[23] | |||
K1 Men Team | N/A | 128.61 | 9[23] |
2013
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
6–9 June | European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | N/A | 85.76 | 8[24] | |
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 138.07 | 13[24] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 103.24 | 7[24] | |||
21–23 June | World Cup Race 1 | K1 Men Individual | unknown | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 107.85 | 4[25] | |||
5–7 July | World Cup Race 3 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 103.40 | 30[26] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | unknown | |||||
17–21 July | U23 World Championship | K1 Men Individual | unknown | 31[27] | ||
K1 Men Team | unknown | 2[27] | ||||
30 July – 4 August | U23 European Championship | K1 Men Individual | unknown | 2[28] | ||
K1 Men Team | unknown | 4[28] | ||||
16–18 August | World Cup Race 4 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 112.05 | 29[29] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 125.27 | 8[29] | |||
11–15 September | World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 140.81 | 88.10 | 88.10 | 9[30] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 97.64 | 6[30] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 101.07 | 6[30] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 113.94 | 5[30] | |||
~ | World Cup Final Standings | K1 Men Individual | N/A | 35[31] |
2014
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
22–27 April | U23 World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 95.06 | 94.44 | 94.44 | 9[32] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 100.93 | 11[32] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 106.32 | 2[32] | |||
29 May – 1 June | European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 87.52 | 136.35 | 87.52 | 13z[33] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 88.30 | 15[33] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 91.47 | 11[33] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 98.75 | 2[33] | |||
6–8 June | World Cup Race 1 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 97.88 | 11[34] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 108.71 | 1[35] | |||
13–15 June | World Cup Race 2 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 152.10 | 34[36] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 122.92 | 8[37] | |||
20–22 June | World Cup Race 3 | |||||
K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 98.76 | 6[38] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 157.21 | 10[39] | |||
1–3 August | World Cup Race 4 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 97.68 | 24[40] | |||
15–17 August | World Cup Final | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 95.49 | 2[41] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 113.92 | 6[42] | |||
17–21 Sep | World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 101.05 | 204.40 | 101.05 | 19[43] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 156.36 | 36[43] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 123.24 | 3[43] | |||
~ | World Cup Final Standings | K1 Men Individual | N/A | 4[44] |
2015
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
28–31 May | European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 94.91 | unknown | 1[45] | |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 95.14 | 3[45] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 96.16 | 8[45] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 108.01 | 2[45] | |||
19–21 June | World Cup Race 1 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | DSQ-R | 10[46] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 103.19 | 4[47] | |||
26–28 June | World Cup Race 2 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 82.48 | 4[48] | |||
3–5 July | World Cup Race 3 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 98.77 | 29[49] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | DNS | =16[50] | |||
7–9 August | World Cup Race 4 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | unknown | |||||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 96.05 | 9[51] | |||
14–16 August | World Cup Final | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 100.23 | 18[52] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 106.48 | 2[53] | |||
16–20 September | World Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 81.47 | unknown | 2[54] | |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 142.57 | 38[54] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 106.38 | 3[54] | |||
~ | World Cup Final Standings | K1 Men Individual | N/A | 7[55] |
2016
[edit]Date | Tournament | Event | Score | Place | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Best Run | ||||
13–15 May | European Championship | K1 Men Individual Heat | 92.58 | unknown | 19[56] | |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 94.98 | 5[56] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 144.58 | 10[56] | |||
K1 Men Team Final | N/A | 118.17 | 4[56] | |||
10–12 June | World Cup Race 2 | K1 Men Individual Heat | unknown | |||
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 96.16 | 18[57] | |||
7–11 August | Olympic Games | K1 Men Individual Heat | 135.89 | 86.95 | 86.95 | 2[58] |
K1 Men Individual Semi-final | N/A | 90.67 | 3[58] | |||
K1 Men Individual Final | N/A | 88.53 | 1[58] | |||
World Cup Final Standings | K1 Men Individual | N/A | 61[59] |
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External links
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- 1992 births
- Slalom canoeists
- English male canoeists
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- British male canoeists
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
- Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in canoeing
- Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain