Lynn Simpson
{{short description|British slalom canoeist (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's canoe slalom}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Nottingham|K1}}
{{MedalSilver|1995 Nottingham|K1 team}}
{{MedalBronze|1993 Mezzana|K1 team}}
{{MedalBronze|1997 Três Coroas|K1 team}}
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Lynn Simpson (Lynn Reys) (born 16 February 1971 in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.
Early life
She grew up on Wesley Close in South Cave. The local village raised money for her, and the local county council gave her a grant of £1,000, and by local companies.
She attended South Hunsley School.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19951202/038/0038|title=Simpson nets top national award|date=2 December 1995|work=Hull Daily Mail|page=38|accessdate=19 March 2025|via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}} From the University of Nottingham she gained a 2.1 in Economics in 1994.Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 6 July 1993, page 22Nottingham Evening Post Friday 9 July 1993, page 52 She was the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year 1995.
Career
She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1: 1995), a silver (K1 team: 1995), and two bronzes (K1 team: 1993, 1997). She also won the World Cup series in three consecutive seasons between 1994 and 1996.
Simpson also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of tenth in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992.
Post retirement Lynn now coaches youth paddlers at the northern german canoe powerhouse Stortebeker padelsport club alongside her husband and former bbc TV paddles up champion Mickel Reys in the city of Bremen.
Lynn also appeared numerous times on BBC's Question of Sport, including the 1995 Christmas special with contestant Gordon Strachan, Prince Nassim Hamed, and Roger Black.
World Cup individual podiums
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| style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| K1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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!Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event | ||||
| rowspan=3| 1993 | align=right| 18 July 1993 | align=left| La Seu d'Urgell | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 |
| align=right| 25 July 1993 | align=left| Lofer | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| align=right| 21 August 1993 | align=left| Minden | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| rowspan=3| 1994 | align=right| 26 June 1994 | align=left| Nottingham | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | K1 |
| align=right| 3 July 1994 | align=left| Augsburg | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| align=right| 18 September 1994 | align=left| Asahi, Aichi | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| rowspan=3| 1995 | align=right| 9 July 1995 | align=left| Mezzana | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 |
| align=right| 16 July 1995 | align=left| Lofer | bgcolor=silver|2nd | K1 | |
| align=right| 1 October 1995 | align=left| Ocoee | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| rowspan=2| 1996 | align=right| 9 June 1996 | align=left| La Seu d'Urgell | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 |
| align=right| 29 September 1996 | align=left| Três Coroas | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 | |
| 1997 | align=right| 6 July 1997 | align=left| Bratislava | bgcolor=gold|1st | K1 |
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive |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%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/lynn-simpson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/lynn-simpson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Lynn Simpson}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Slalom K-1 Women}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Category:English female canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for Great Britain
Category:Sportspeople from the East Riding of Yorkshire
Category:Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Category:British female canoeists
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships