Shaun Rubenstein
{{short description|South African canoeist}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe marathon}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Canoe Marathon World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2006 Tremolat|K-1 marathon}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Tremolat|K-2 marathon}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Gaia|K-2 marathon}}
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Shaun Rubenstein (born 5 November 1983 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African canoer and Olympian.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/shaun-rubenstein-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/shaun-rubenstein-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Shaun Rubenstein |accessdate=1 February 2011}}
Career
As a junior canoeist, Rubenstein competed in all forms of the sport, from sprints to river marathons. He was a member of the South African junior sprint and flat-water marathon teams, competing internationally. His best junior result was at the 2001 World Marathon Champs where he won a bronze medal in the K-1 event.
He has been competing internationally at senior level since 2002.
= World Marathon Championships =
In September 2006 at the World Marathon Championships in Tremolat, Shaun competed in both the K-1 event, where he won the gold medal, and the K2 event, where he won the silver medal with his partner Shaun Biggs, over Marathon legend Manual Busto Fernandes and his K2 partner Emilio Merchan Alonso.[http://www.sapaddler.co.za/site/awdep.asp?depnum=17969 SA Paddler Magazine:News:World Champion Rubenstein] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902073317/http://www.sapaddler.co.za/site/awdep.asp?depnum=17969 |date=2007-09-02 }} (Retrieved on June 23, 2008) Two years prior in 2004 Shaun placed third at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Bergen, Norway.[http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/Disciplines/Marathon%20Racing/Results/Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20MAR%20WCh.pdf ICF World Championships Medal Winners]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Retrieved on June 23, 2008)
= Beijing Olympics 2008 =
Rubenstein competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.shaunrubenstein.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/shaun-rubenstein-1.html Sports-Reference.com profile]
- {{Instagram|shaunrubenstein}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Johannesburg
Category:South African male canoeists
Category:Jewish South African sportspeople
Category:Olympic canoeists for South Africa
Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships
Category:Alumni of King David Schools, Johannesburg
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
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