Richard Hounslow

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|caption=Florence and Hounslow (right) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Richard John HounslowGRO reference: March 1982, Vol. 11, Page 1264 (born 19 December 1981) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016.{{cite web|title=GB Olympic canoe slalom star Richard Hounslow retires|url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/gb-olympic-canoe-slalom-star-richard-hounslow-retires/story-30034066-detail/story.html|website=hertfordshiremercury.co.uk|access-date=19 November 2017}} He started out as a specialist in the kayak (K1) category, but in 2009 he also started competing in canoe doubles (C2) alongside David Florence. In his last season (2016) he concentrated on the C2 class exclusively.

Personal and early life

Hounslow was born in the London Borough of Harrow, which he represented in the London Youth Games.{{cite web |url=http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23§ionTitle=Hall+of+Fame |work=londonyouthgames.org |title=Hall of Fame |access-date=19 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307230906/http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23§ionTitle=Hall+of+Fame |archive-date=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He attended Harrow College.{{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 |access-date=22 August 2016 |work=FE Week|date=12 August 2016 }} He was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2012. Outside of canoeing, Hounslow is a Tottenham Hotspur supporter.{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/spurs-fan-hounslow-wins-olympic-silver-03082012.page? |title=Spurs Fan Hounslow Wins Olympic Silver! |date=3 August 2012 |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur |access-date=3 August 2012}}

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he won a silver medal in the C2 event and placed 12th in the K1 event. He won another silver medal in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Hounslow won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 2013), a silver (K1 team: 2009) and seven bronzes (C2: 2010; C2 team: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015; K1 team: 2014, 2015). He also won 9 medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes).{{cite web|title=Richard HOUNSLOW (GBR)|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_7629h|website=CanoeSlalom.net|access-date=19 November 2017}}

In 2012, Hounslow won the C2 gold at the World Cup race in Cardiff along with David Florence.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18385948|title=Richard Hounslow |access-date=11 June 2012|work=BBC}}

World Cup individual podiums

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" !Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event
2008	align=right\| 29 Jun 2008	align=left\| Tacen	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	K1
2009	align=right\| 28 Jun 2009	align=left\| Pau	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2011	align=right\| 14 Aug 2011	align=left\| Prague	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2012	align=right\| 10 Jun 2012	align=left\| Cardiff	bgcolor=gold\|1st	C2
2013	align=right\| 23 Jun 2013	align=left\| Cardiff	bgcolor=silver\|2nd	C2
2014	align=right\| 17 Aug 2014	align=left\| Augsburg	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2015	align=right\| 9 Aug 2015	align=left\| La Seu d'Urgell	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727180651/http://www.sloka.si/eng/images/stories/vsebina/PDF_files/c2mresults.pdf 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's final results] – Retrieved 11 September 2010.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200615104820/http://worldseu09.parcolimpic.com/results/C2Men-TeamsFinalResult.pdf 12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.] – Retrieved 12 September 2009.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091007191630/http://worldseu09.parcolimpic.com/results/K1Men-TeamsFinalResult.pdf 12 September 2009 final results for the men's K1 team event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.] – Retrieved 12 September 2009.

Category:English male canoeists

Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic canoeists for Great Britain

Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing

Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain

Category:1981 births

Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:People from Harrow, London

Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Harrow

Category:British male canoeists

Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Category:21st-century English sportsmen

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" !Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event
2008	align=right\| 29 Jun 2008	align=left\| Tacen	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	K1
2009	align=right\| 28 Jun 2009	align=left\| Pau	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2011	align=right\| 14 Aug 2011	align=left\| Prague	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2012	align=right\| 10 Jun 2012	align=left\| Cardiff	bgcolor=gold\|1st	C2
2013	align=right\| 23 Jun 2013	align=left\| Cardiff	bgcolor=silver\|2nd	C2
2014	align=right\| 17 Aug 2014	align=left\| Augsburg	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2
2015	align=right\| 9 Aug 2015	align=left\| La Seu d'Urgell	bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd	C2