Annebel van der Knijff

Knijff in Seu d'Urgell in 2017
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 MarkkleebergC1 team
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Foz do IguaçuC1 team
Gold medal – first place2018 IvreaC1 team
Silver medal – second place2013 Liptovský MikulášC1 team
Silver medal – second place2017 BratislavaC1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 SolkanC1 team
Gold medal – first place2018 BratislavaC1 team
Silver medal – second place2015 KrakówC1 team
Silver medal – second place2016 SolkanC1 team
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Bourg-Saint-MauriceK1 team
Gold medal – first place2014 SkopjeC1 team

Annebel van der Knijff (born 5 March 1996 in Wassenaar, Netherlands) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012 in both C1 and K1.[1] She has also competed in mixed C2.

Career

Annebel won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 2015 European Championships in Markkleeberg.[2] She won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the U23 European Championships in 2012, her first international competition at age 16.[3] At the 2013 U23 World Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš she won a silver medal in C1 team event.[4] At the 2013 Junior European Championships in Bourg-Saint-Maurice she won a gold medal in the K1 team event.[5]

Personal life

Both her parents were world cup windsurfers. Her mother was overall Dutch champion windsurfer in 1996.

She moved from the Netherlands to Andorra at age 3, then to Spain, living next to the 1992 Olympic wild water course. She has been paddling since 8 years old and won most National Spanish Championships of her category since then. She has been a part of the Spanish senior team in C1 since 2013 and the Spanish junior and U23 team in C1 and K1 since 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Woo-Gyeom Kim (Track Cycling) : Prize list and results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Annebel VAN DER KNIJFF (ESP)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kayak Solkan Gorizia 2012 Evropsko prvenstvo brez meja". web.archive.org. 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ↑ Canoeing - World U-23 Championships - Slalom 2013
  5. ↑ 2013 ECA Canoe Slalom Junior/U23 European Championships Junior Team K1
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