Annebel van der Knijff (born 5 March 1996 in Wassenaar, Netherlands) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012 in both C1 and K1.[1] She has also competed in mixed C2.
Knijff in Seu d'Urgell in 2017 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe slalom | ||
Representing Spain | ||
European Championships | ||
2015 Markkleeberg | C1 team | |
U23 World Championships | ||
2015 Foz do Iguaçu | C1 team | |
2018 Ivrea | C1 team | |
2013 Liptovský Mikuláš | C1 team | |
2017 Bratislava | C1 team | |
U23 European Championships | ||
2012 Solkan | C1 team | |
2018 Bratislava | C1 team | |
2015 Kraków | C1 team | |
2016 Solkan | C1 team | |
Junior European Championships | ||
2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice | K1 team | |
2014 Skopje | C1 team |
Career
editAnnebel won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 2015 European Championships in Markkleeberg.[2] She won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the U23 European Championships in 2012, her first international competition at age 16.[3] At the 2013 U23 World Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš she won a silver medal in C1 team event.[4] At the 2013 Junior European Championships in Bourg-Saint-Maurice she won a gold medal in the K1 team event.[5]
Personal life
editBoth her parents were world cup windsurfers. Her mother was overall Dutch champion windsurfer in 1996.
She moved from the Netherlands to Andorra at age 3, then to Spain, living next to the 1992 Olympic wild water course. She has been paddling since 8 years old and won most National Spanish Championships of her category since then. She has been a part of the Spanish senior team in C1 since 2013 and the Spanish junior and U23 team in C1 and K1 since 2012.
References
edit- ^ "Woo-Gyeom Kim (Track Cycling) : Prize list and results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Annebel VAN DER KNIJFF (ESP)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Kayak Solkan Gorizia 2012 Evropsko prvenstvo brez meja". 2012-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ Canoeing - World U-23 Championships - Slalom 2013[dead link ]
- ^ 2013 ECA Canoe Slalom Junior/U23 European Championships Junior Team K1[permanent dead link ]