Joe Coombs

{{short description|British canoe slalom athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{BLP primary sources|date =September 2022}}

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| name = Joe Coombs

| image = Joe Coombs Liptovsky 2009.jpg

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| caption = Coombs on Podium in 2009

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| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|03|17}}

| birth_place = Salisbury, Wiltshire

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| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin}} (2011)

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb}} (2011)

| website = {{URL|www.joecoombs.co.uk}}

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| sport = Canoe slalom

| event = Mens Kayak - K1M

| collegeteam = Nottingham Trent University

| club = Salisbury Canoe Club[http://www.salisburycanoeclub.org.uk/ Salisbury Canoe Club.] Retrieved 2011-05-14

| team = Great Britain Under 23 Team[http://www.gbcanoeing.org.uk/gbc/assets/File/Great%20Britain%20Team%20Announcement%203rd%20May%202011%20-%20Internationl%20Panel.pdf/ GB Canoe Slalom Team 2011] Retrieved 2011-05-14

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| coach = Mark Ratcliffe

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| highestranking = 107th (2010)[http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Aboutoursport/Canoe-Slalom/Rankings/2010.html/ ICF Canoe Slalom World Ranking 2010] Retrieved 2011-05-14

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{{MedalSilver|2009 Liptovsky Mikulas|K1-team}}

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Joe Coombs (born 17 March 1991 in Salisbury) is a British canoe slalom athlete who competed between 2003 and 2014. His results include a Silver Medal at the Junior European Championships in 2009 (team-event),{{cite web|url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/business/business/8802978.Young_talent_is_being_nurtured/ |title=Young talent is being nurtured (From Salisbury Journal) |publisher=Salisburyjournal.co.uk |date=2011-01-20 |accessdate=2011-05-13}} 15th at the ICF Senior Pre-world Championships in 2010, and a UK ranking of 5th.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111027233044/http://www.canoeslalom.co.uk/bibs/K1M2010.htm UK ranking]{{cite web |url=http://www.canoeslalom.co.uk/bibs/K1M2010.htm |title=Slalom UK - The website of Canoe Slalom in Britain |publisher=Canoeslalom.co.uk |accessdate=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027233044/http://www.canoeslalom.co.uk/bibs/K1M2010.htm |archivedate=27 October 2011}}

Coombs also competed for Nottingham Trent University and took 3 golds in the 2011 BUCS Canoe Slalom Championships.[http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=14727§ionTitle=Slalom+Championships 2011 BUCS Canoe Slalom Championships]{{cite web|url=http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=14727§ionTitle=Slalom+Championships |title=Slalom Championships - British Universities & Colleges Sport |publisher=Bucs.org.uk |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2011-05-13}}