Scott Shipley
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 NottinghamK1
Silver medal – second place1997 Três CoroasK1
Silver medal – second place1999 La Seu d'UrgellK1
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place1988 La Seu d'UrgellK1

Scott R. Shipley (born May 15, 1971 in Poulsbo, Washington)[1] is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2004.

He won three silver medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1995, 1997, and 1999. He won the overall World Cup title in K1 three times (1993, 1995 and 1997).[2] In 2010, he became U.S. national champion in C2.

Shipley also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.

With Mechanical Engineering degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelors 2001, Masters 2002, he retired from full-time competition for a job with S2O Design and Engineering, in Boulder, Colorado. In that job, he assisted Gary Lacy (the engineer of record) in the design of the $37 million U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which opened in 2006. In a redesign of the man-made whitewater park concept, Shipley is patenting Rapidblocs—plastic structures that can be moved to create different rapids. Rapidblocs are utilized in the London Olympic Whitewater Park, whose rapids his company, S2o, designed. The Rapidblocs allow the park to adjust their rapids to appeal to a wider audience than the Olympic Kayakers that will utilize them in the games.[3]

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1115824
Season Date Venue Position Event
199231 May 1992Nottingham1stK1
199318 July 1993La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
21 August 1993Minden3rdK1
31 August 1993Ocoee1stK1
199410 July 1994Bourg St.-Maurice1stK1
18 September 1994Asahi, Aichi3rdK1
199516 July 1995Lofer2ndK1
1 October 1995Ocoee1stK1
199621 April 1996Ocoee1stK1
9 June 1996La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
16 June 1996Augsburg3rdK1
199729 June 1997Björbo3rdK1
28 July 1997Ocoee2ndK1
3 August 1997Minden1stK1
199814 June 1998Liptovský Mikuláš1stK1
28 June 1998Augsburg3rdK1
2 August 1998Wausau1stK1
199920 June 1999Tacen1stK1
24 June 1999Tacen3rdK1
15 August 1999Bratislava2ndK1
22 August 1999Augsburg1stK1
3 October 1999Penrith3rdK1
200030 April 2000Penrith3rdK1
30 July 2000Augsburg1stK1

References

  1. ↑ "Scott Shipley". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Scott SHIPLEY (USA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Blevins, Jason. "Colorado kayaker Scott Shipley shapes London Olympic whitewater venue". DenverPost.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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