Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is a British canoeist who previously represented Australia.[1] She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] Belcher won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Canoe Marathon World Championships in South Africa.[1]
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| Born | 10 June 1989 Cobram, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint Canoe marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBelcher was born in Cobram, Victoria, Australia in 1989, and lived in Brisbane.[1][3] Belcher was a triathlete and a track cyclist before she took up kayaking.[3][4] She began training at the Australian Institute of Sport's facilities in the Gold Coast.[3] In 2007, Belcher moved to England and trained at Elmbridge Canoe Club.[3] At the end of the following year, Belcher was released by the Australian team, allowing her to represent Great Britain.[3]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Belcher finished in fifteenth place in the women's K-2 500 metres event, with her teammate Angela Hannah.[1][5] Belcher and Hannah were included in the Olympics after teams representing Romania and Belarus were disqualified for doping.[4]
In 2017, at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Belcher won gold in the Women's K-1 event.[6][7] It was Britain's first gold medal in the event in more than a decade.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Lani Belcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Lani Belcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Lani Belcher". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Rio 2016: How Brisbane-raised kayaker Lani Belcher became a British Olympian". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Lani Belcher". Team GB. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Lani Belcher claims gold at Marathon World Championships". British Canoeing. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Women's K-1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Canoe Marathon World Championships: Lani Belcher wins first GB gold for a decade". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
