Ed McKeever

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Ed McKeever
Born Edward Daniel McKeever
(1983-08-27) 27 August 1983
Bath, Somerset, England
Residence Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
Nationality British
Education BA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance
Occupation Part Qualified Accountant
Agent Alexander Nikonorov
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 79 kilograms (174 lb)
Website
Official website
Ed McKeever
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 2012 London K-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold 2010 Poznań K-1 200 m
Silver 2010 Poznań K-1 4 × 200 m
Silver 2011 Szeged K-1 200 m
European Championships
Gold 2010 Trasona K-1 200 m
Bronze 2011 Belgrade K-1 200 m
Bronze 2012 Zagreb K-1 200 m

Edward Daniel McKeever MBE (born 27 August 1983) is a British kayak athlete. He is a current European and Olympic champion and formerly a World champion.

McKeever won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the K-1 200m event.

He won two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a gold in the K-1 200 m and a silver in the K-1 4 × 200 m events, and a further silver in the K-1 200m at the 2011 event in Szeged.

World Championships

In 2012 McKeever won the K1 200m event at the Word Cup in Poznan he also won the K1 200m at the European Championships in 2010 Trasona, Spain and the kayak World Cup race in Szeged, Hungary. McKeever still competes for the Bradford on Avon canoe club, despite moving to south Buckinghamshire to be train at the 2012 Olympic race venue of Dorney lake.

In 2012, McKeever won gold medal in the K1 200m event, in Canoe sprint World Cup.[1]

Olympics 2012

He competed in the canoe sprint team for London Olympics 2012 in the Men’s K1 200m.[2] He qualified for the K1 200m final after achieving a new Olympic best of 35.087 seconds[3] in the heats and on 11 August he won the gold medal in the event.[4]

McKeever was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to kayaking.[5][6]

See also

  • 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom

References

  1. ↑ "Ed McKeever". Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
  2. ↑ "2012 Olympic Selection". 
  3. ↑ "Olympic Best". 
  4. ↑ "Ed McKeever powers and paddles to victory to deliver Team GB's 26th gold medal of Olympics in kayak sprint". www.telegraph.co.uk. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 25. 29 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Cabinet Office

External links

Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-1 200 m
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