Lani Belcher
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 34)
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportCanoe sprint
Canoe marathon
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Týn nad Vltavou K-1
Representing  Great Britain
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szeged K-1 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-1 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice K-1 5000 m
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku K-1 5000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-1 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade K-1 5000 m
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-1
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Gaia K-1
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-2

Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is a British canoeist who previously represented Australia.[1] She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] Belcher won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Canoe Marathon World Championships in South Africa.[1]

Biography

Belcher was born in Cobram, Victoria, Australia in 1989, and lived in Brisbane.[1][3] Belcher was a triathlete and a track cyclist before she took up kayaking.[3][4] She began training at the Australian Institute of Sport's facilities in the Gold Coast.[3] In 2007, Belcher moved to England and trained at a canoe club in Elmbridge.[3] At the end of the following year, Belcher was released by the Australian team, allowing her to represent Great Britain.[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Belcher finished in fifteenth place in the women's K-2 500 metres event, with her teammate Angela Hannah.[1][5] Belcher and Hannah were included in the Olympics after teams representing Romania and Belarus were disqualified for doping.[4]

In 2017, at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Belcher won gold in the Women's K-1 event.[6][7] It was Britain's first gold medal in the event in more than a decade.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lani Belcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Lani Belcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Lani Belcher". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Rio 2016: How Brisbane-raised kayaker Lani Belcher became a British Olympian". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Lani Belcher". Team GB. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Lani Belcher claims gold at Marathon World Championships". British Canoeing. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Women's K-1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Canoe Marathon World Championships: Lani Belcher wins first GB gold for a decade". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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