Robin Bell

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.[1]

This article is about the athlete. For the scientist, see Robin Bell (scientist).

Robin Bell
Bell in 2008
Personal information
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C1
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingC1
World Championships
2005 PenrithC1
1999 La Seu d'UrgellC1
2007 Foz do IguaçuC1

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.[2]

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
Season Date Venue Position Event
200129 Jul 2001Augsburg2ndC1
5 Aug 2001Prague2ndC1
200311 May 2003Penrith2ndC1
13 Jul 2003Tacen3rdC1
20059 Jul 2005Athens2ndC1
24 Jul 2005La Seu d'Urgell2ndC1
1 Oct 2005Penrith1stC11
200628 May 2006Athens2ndC1
200715 Jul 2007Augsburg2ndC1
200816 Mar 2008Penrith2ndC12
26 Apr 2008Charlotte1stC13
21 Jun 2008Prague2ndC1
6 Jul 2008Augsburg1stC1
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points
2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points
3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References
  1. "Sports-Reference.com profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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