Anne Rikala
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Finland | ||
World Championships | ||
2007 Duisburg | K-1 200 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-1 500 m | |
2006 Szeged | K-2 200 m | |
2010 Poznań | K-1 5000 m | |
2013 Duisburg | K-1 5000 m |
Anne Rikala (born February 20, 1977, in Kangasala) is a Finnish sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m: both 2007) and two bronzes (K-1 5000 m: 2010, K-2 200 m: 2006).
Rikala also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing seventh in the K-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the K-1 500 m again, finishing in eighth.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "London 2012 - Women's K1 500m Kayak". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- Sports-reference.com profile
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Kangasala
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Finnish female canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Finland
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
- European canoeist stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs