Robin Bell
{{Short description|Australian canoeist}}
{{About|the athlete|the scientist|Robin Bell (scientist)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
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| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2008 Beijing|C1}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Penrith|C1}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 La Seu d'Urgell|C1}}
{{MedalBronze|2007 Foz do Iguaçu|C1}}
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Robin Bell (born 16 November 1977 in Cape Town) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Beijing in 2008.{{cite web|title=Sports-Reference.com profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/rob-bell-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/rob-bell-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
Bell also won a complete set of medals in the C1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2005, a silver in 1999 and a bronze in 2007.{{cite web|title=Profile|website=CanoeSlalom.net|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_6806b|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
He won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2005 and 2008.
He was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2005, and became world number one in 2006.
World Cup individual podiums
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style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| C1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
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!Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event | ||||
rowspan=2| 2001 | align=right| 29 July 2001 | align=left| Augsburg | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 |
align=right| 5 August 2001 | align=left| Prague | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 | |
rowspan=2| 2003 | align=right| 11 May 2003 | align=left| Penrith | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 |
align=right| 13 July 2003 | align=left| Tacen | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | C1 | |
rowspan=3| 2005 | align=right| 9 July 2005 | align=left| Athens | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 |
align=right| 24 July 2005 | align=left| La Seu d'Urgell | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 | |
align=right| 1 October 2005 | align=left| Penrith | bgcolor=gold|1st | C11 | |
2006 | align=right| 28 May 2006 | align=left| Athens | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 |
2007 | align=right| 15 July 2007 | align=left| Augsburg | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 |
rowspan=4| 2008 | align=right| 16 March 2008 | align=left| Penrith | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C12 |
align=right| 26 April 2008 | align=left| Charlotte | bgcolor=gold|1st | C13 | |
align=right| 21 June 2008 | align=left| Prague | bgcolor=silver|2nd | C1 | |
align=right| 6 July 2008 | align=left| Augsburg | bgcolor=gold|1st | C1 |
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1 World Championship counting for World Cup points:
2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points:
3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup pointsReferences
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- [http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=14697&teamId=36 Australian Olympic Committee profile]
- {{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}}
- [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/aus/Robin+Bell/1723298 Yahoo! Sports]
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Slalom C-1 Men}}
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Category:Australian Institute of Sport canoeists
Category:Australian male canoeists
Category:Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for Australia
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Sportspeople from Cape Town
Category:South African emigrants to Australia
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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