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Fiona Pennie

{{short description|British slalom canoeist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Fiona Pennie-Douglas[https://x.com/FionaPennie]

| image = Fiona Pennie Rio 2016cr.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Pennie at the 2016 Olympics

| fullname = Fiona Elizabeth Maureen Pennie-Douglas

| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

| height = 1.69 m

| weight = 72 kg

| spouse = Lynsey Pennie-Douglas[https://www.instagram.com/p/CvEqm9TsfYA/?img_index=1]

| country = Great Britain

| sport = Canoe slalom

| event = K1, extreme slalom

| club = C.R. CATS

| highestranking = No. 5 (July 2011)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalCount|total=yes

|Olympic Games|0|0|0

|World Championships|2|3|2

|European Championships|3|1|4

|U23 European Championships|0|0|2

|Junior World Championships|0|0|2

}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 La Seu d'Urgell|K1 team}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Bratislava|K1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Prague|K1}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Deep Creek Lake|K1}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 London|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Foz do Iguaçu|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Rio de Janeiro|K1 team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Kraków|K1}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Liptovský Mikuláš|K1 team}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Ivrea|K1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Kraków|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Liptovský Mikuláš|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Kraków|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Augsburg|K1}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Prague|K1}}

{{MedalCompetition|U23 European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Kraków|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Kraków|K1}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2000 Bratislava|K1}}

{{MedalBronze|2000 Bratislava|K1 team}}

}}

Fiona Pennie-Douglas[https://x.com/FionaPennie](née Pennie; born 9 November 1982) is a former British slalom canoeist who competed internationally from 1997 until 2021. She lives in Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire.[https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/olympic-paralympic/team/fiona-pennie/ Fiona Pennie | British Canoeing] Retrieved 21 October 2016.[https://paddlerezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/J34333_BCAN_CanoeFocus_Issue5_2021_V6.pdf][https://www.hemingfordsregatta.com/copy-of-the-races]

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 K1 event at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and placed 17th and 6th, respectively.{{cite web|title=Fiona Pennie|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/fiona-pennie-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/fiona-pennie-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=6 January 2018}}

She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1 team: 2019, 2021), three silvers (K1: 2006,{{Cite web |url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results/1107/0,Medal_winners_since_1936/1510/0 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |access-date=12 April 2024 |archive-date=9 November 2009 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results/1107/0,Medal_winners_since_1936/1510/0 |url-status=dead }} 2014; K1 team: 2015) and two bronzes (K1 team: 2007, 2018). She became European Champion in the K1 (solo kayak class) event in 2013. She won a total of 8 medals (3 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes) at the European Championships.{{cite web|title=Fiona PENNIE (GBR)|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_7623p|website=CanoeSlalom.net|access-date=5 November 2017}}

World Cup individual podiums

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!Season

!Date

!Venue

!Position

!Event

2006align=right| 6 August 2006align=left| Praguebgcolor=silver|2ndK11
2007align=right| 30 June 2007align=left| Praguebgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
rowspan=2| 2010align=right| 20 June 2010align=left| Praguebgcolor=silver|2ndK1
align=right| 27 June 2010align=left| La Seu d'Urgellbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
2016align=right| 11 September 2016align=left| Tacenbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
2021align=right| 13 June 2021align=left| Praguebgcolor=silver|2ndExtreme K1

:

1 World Championship counting for World Cup points

References

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External links

  • {{ICF}}
  • {{Olympics.com profile|fiona-pennie}}
  • {{Olympedia}}

{{Footer World Champions Canoe Slalom K-1 Team Women}}

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Category:1982 births

Category:Alumni of Loughborough University

Category:Scottish female canoeists

Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic canoeists for Great Britain

Category:Sportspeople from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire

Category:People from Waltham Abbey, Essex

Category:British female canoeists

Category:Scottish lesbian sportswomen

Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Category:LGBTQ canoeists

Category:People educated at Morrison's Academy

Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen