Yvonne Knudsen
Yvonne Brandtrup Knudsen-Hansen (born August 7, 1964) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She won two medals in the K-1 500 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1990 and a bronze 1986.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1990 Poznań | K-1 500 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1986 Montreal | K-1 500 m |
Knudsen also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Seoul in 1988.
Her sister, Jeanette, also competed as a sprint canoer for Denmark in the Summer Olympics.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-Reference.com
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