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Mark Delaney (canoeist)

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Mark Delaney
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Mezzana C1 team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tacen C1 team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Roudnice nad Labem C1 team

Mark Delaney (born 13 July 1964 in Cambridge)[1] is a British whitewater slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. He won two medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1993 and a bronze in 1991. He also has a bronze from the same event from the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem.[2]

Delaney also competed in two Summer Olympic Games, earning his best finish of 14th in the C1 event in Atlanta in 1996.

He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Cup race in Tacen.

Working for British Canoe Union World Class from Nottingham as a Performance Canoe Coach he's had numerous successes with C2 and C1 paddlers, most significantly as the personal coach to David Florence, Silver Beijing Olympic Games 2008.

World Cup individual podiums

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Season Date Venue Position Event
1995 2 Jul 1995 Tacen 3rd C1

References

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  1. ^ "Sports-reference.com profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 September 2017.