Rachel Cawthorn
{{short description|British sprint canoer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
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{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
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{{MedalBronze|2017 Račice|K-1 1000 m}}
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{{MedalGold|2010 Trasona|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Brandenburg|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Brandenburg|K-4 200 m}}
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Rachel Cawthorn (born 3 November 1988) is a British sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Cawthorn, representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, is a double Olympic finalist in the Women's K1 and K4 events.{{cite news|title=Rachel Cawthorn|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662308/Rachel-Cawthorn-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613040045/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662308/Rachel-Cawthorn-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2012|accessdate=17 May 2019|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=UK }}
Life and career
Cawthorn attended Berkshire College of Agriculture.{{cite web |url=http://feweek.co.uk/2016/08/12/fe-students-add-to-team-gb-olympic-medal-haul/ |title=FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul |accessdate=22 August 2016 |work=FE Week}}
Cawthorn won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, the first woman from Great Britain to win a medal in an Olympic distance at an ICF Canoe Sprint World Championship.
Cawthorn holds the world's fastest time for the Women's K1 1000m. (Duisburg 2010)
At the London Olympics 2012 she came 5th in the Women's K4 500m final (competing with Louisa Sawers, Jess Walker and Angela Hannah) and came 6th in the K1 500m.{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/rachel-cawthorn-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/rachel-cawthorn-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Rachel Cawthorn |access-date=2017-09-30}}
She competed in the K1 500 m and K4 500 m at the 2016 Olympics, with Louisa Gurski, Rebeka Simon and Jess Walker in the four.{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/six-canoe-sprinters-are-on-their-way-to-rio-2016|title=Six canoe sprinters are on their way to Rio 2016|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}} The four finished in 7th in their final.{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/the-rio-round-up-day-15-in-review|title=The Rio Round Up: Day 15 in Review|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}
In 2017, she won a bronze in the K-1 1000 m at the 2017 World Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://digicorp-sdp.s3.amazonaws.com/production/race/document/16777218/full_results.pdf|title=Results 2017 ICF Sprint World Championships|date=27 August 2017|access-date=30 September 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{ICF|rachel-cawthorn}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|rachel-cawthorn}}
- [http://www.olympics.org.uk/AYOF07/athlete.aspx?sp=CF&at=6407 BOA.uk profile]
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Category:English female canoeists
Category:Sportspeople from Guildford
Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for Great Britain
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:British female canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for Great Britain
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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