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British slalom canoeist

Fiona Pennie
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Pennie at the 2016 Olympics
Full name Fiona Elizabeth Maureen Pennie
Nationality British
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 40)
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Website fionapennie.com
Country Great Britain
Sport Canoe slalom
Event(s) K1, extreme slalom
Club C.R. CATS
Highest world ranking No. 5 (July 2011)

Fiona Pennie (born 9 November 1982) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 1997. She lives in Waltham Abbey in Essex.[1]

Pennie won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000 and won the overall Junior World Cup Series in the same year. As an Under 23 athlete, she won a team bronze medal in 2004 and an individual bronze medal in 2005, both at the European Under 23 Championships. She competed in the K1 event at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and placed 17th and 6th, respectively.[2]

She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1 team: 2019, 2021), three silvers (K1: 2006,[3]2014; K1 team: 2015) and two bronzes (K1 team: 2007, 2018). She became European Champion in the K1 (solo kayak class) event in 2013. She won a total of 8 medals (3 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes) at the European Championships.[4]

World Cup individual podiums[edit]

1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

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