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British canoeist (born 1989)

Lani Belcher
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35)
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportCanoe sprint
Canoe marathon
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Týn nad Vltavou K-1
Representing  Great Britain
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szeged K-1 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-1 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice K-1 5000 m
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku K-1 5000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-1 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade K-1 5000 m
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-1
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Gaia K-1
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-2

Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is a British canoeist who previously represented Australia. She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Belcher won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Canoe Marathon World Championships in South Africa.

Biography

Belcher was born in Cobram, Victoria, Australia in 1989, and lived in Brisbane. Belcher was a triathlete and a track cyclist before she took up kayaking. She began training at the Australian Institute of Sport's facilities in the Gold Coast. In 2007, Belcher moved to England and trained at Elmbridge Canoe Club. At the end of the following year, Belcher was released by the Australian team, allowing her to represent Great Britain.

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. Belcher and Hannah were included in the Olympics after teams representing Romania and Belarus were disqualified for doping.

In 2017, at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Belcher won gold in the Women's K-1 event. It was Britain's first gold medal in the event in more than a decade.

References

  1. ^ "Lani Belcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "Lani Belcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Lani Belcher". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: How Brisbane-raised kayaker Lani Belcher became a British Olympian". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. "Lani Belcher". Team GB. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "Lani Belcher claims gold at Marathon World Championships". British Canoeing. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. "Women's K-1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. "Canoe Marathon World Championships: Lani Belcher wins first GB gold for a decade". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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