Fiona Pennie

Fiona Pennie

Pennie at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Fiona Elizabeth Maureen Pennie
Nationality	British
Born	9 November 1982 Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Residence	Waltham Abbey, Essex
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Website	fionapennie.com
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	K-1
Club	C.R. CATS
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 5 (July 2011)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 0 3 1 European Championships 2 1 3 Total 2 4 4 World Championships 2006 Prague K-1 2007 Foz do Iguaçu K-1 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake K-1 2015 London K-1 team European Championships 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš K-1 team 2008 Kraków K-1 team 2012 Augsburg K-1 2013 Kraków K-1 2013 Kraków K-1 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš K-1 team

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

Career

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 individual slalom (K-1) event at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and placed 17th and 6th, respectively.^[2]

She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three silvers (K-1: 2006, 2014; K-1 team: 2015) and a bronze (K-1 team: 2007). She became European Champion in the K1 event in 2013. She won a total of 6 medals (2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships.^[3]

References

1. Fiona Pennie | British Canoeing Retrieved 2016-10-21.
2. Fiona Pennie. sports-reference.com
3. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.