Slalom - Podium
Joe Clarke is the 2016 Olympic Champion in the canoe slalom men's K1, making history at the Rio Games by winning GB's first gold medal in this event and Team GB's second gold medal of the Games.
Joe is the current men's extreme slalom World Champion, putting down some blistering performances in Bratislava to take gold in the new Paris 2024 Olympic event. He became Britain's first senior World Champion in the discipline, despite initially missing out on qualification until a spot was handed back.
Joe had an extremely strong 2019 season and he got it off to a great start ,winning gold at World Cup 1 at Lee Valley as well as posting his best ever result at the European Championships finishing fourth. He had been in the final of every event that season, demonstrating his consistency in this often unpredictable sport.
In 2018 he won his first ever World Cup gold at World Cup 2 in Krakow and a World Cup bronze in Liptovsky. Having won the semi final in Rio at the World Championships he went on to finish fifth in the final, recording his best ever World Championships result and won gold in the K1 Team event with teammates Bradley Forbes-Cryans and Chris Bowers.
In 2014 Joe won a silver medal in K1 at World Cup 5, his first senior individual medal.
Joe's interest in canoeing first started on a kayaking trip with the Scouts. He started paddling canoe slalom when he was 11, joining Stafford and Stone Canoe Club. From there he was quickly promoted through the divisions and hasn't looked back since breaking into the GB Junior team in 2009.
Date of Birth: | 1992 |
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Born: | Stoke-on-Trent |
Hometown: | Stone, Staffordshire |
Lives: | Waltham Abbey, Essex |
Occupation: | Athlete |
Height / Weight: | 1.84m / 75kg |
Hobbies: | Cycling |
Class: | Canoe Slalom - Men's Kayak Single (K1) |
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Olympics: | Rio 2016 |
Paddling since: | 2003 |
Club: | Stafford & Stone Canoe Club |
Coach: | Mark Ratcliffe |
Boat Manufacturer: | Galasport Caipi |
Paddles Manufacturer: | RAAB |
Lottery Funding: | UK Sport Podium Programme |
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Year | Olympic Games | World Championships | European Championships | World Cups | National/Other |
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2022 | Liptovsky: K1 team - 10th K1 - 4th Extreme slalom - 9th |
WC3 Tacen: K1 16th CSLX 27th WC2 Krakow: K1 SILVER CSLX BRONZE WC1 Prague K1- 31st CSLX - 2nd |
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2021 | Bratislava: CSLX - 1st K1 - 47th K1 team - 10th |
Ivrea: K1 - 9th K1 Team - 3rd |
WC Final Pau: K1 - 3rd CSLX - 44th WC4 - Le Seu K1 - 16th CSLX - 37th WC2 Markkleeberg: K1 - 32nd CSLX - 4th WC1 Prague: K1 - 4th CSLX - 5th |
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2019 | La Seu d'Urgell: K1 - 5th K1 Team - 9th |
Pau: K1 - 4th K1 Team - 7th |
WC1 Lee Valley: K1 - 1st WC3 Tacen: K1 - 6th WC Final Prague: K1 - 8th |
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2018 | Rio: K1 - 5th K1 Team - 1st |
Prague: K1 - 11th K1 Team - 4th |
WC1 Liptovsky: K1 - 3rd WC2 Krakow: K1 - 1st WC3 Augsburg: K1 - 4th World Cup Final La Seu d'Urgell: K1 - 11th |
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2017 | Pau: K1 - 6th K1 Team - 11th |
Tacen: K1 - 19th K1 Team - 6th |
WC Final La Seu: K1 - 13th WC3 Markleeberg: K1 - 21st WC 2 Augsburg: K1 - 33rd WC1 Prague: K1 - 6th |
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2016 | Rio: K1 - 1st |
Not held in Olympic year | Liptovsky: K1 - 10th K1 Team- 4th |
WC2 La Seu: K1 - 18th |
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2015 | Lee Valley: K1 – 38th, K1 Team –3rd |
Markkleeberg: K1 - 8th K1 Team - 2nd |
WC 1 Prague: K1 Team - 4th WC 2 Krakow: K1 - 4th WC 3 Liptovsky: K1 – 29th WC 4 La Seu d’Urgell: K1 - 9th WC 5 Pau: K1 - 18th, K1 Team – 2nd |
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2014 | Deep Creek: K1 - 36th, K1 Team - 3rd Jnr & U23 Penrith: K1 U23 Team – 2nd |
Vienna: K1 - 11th K1 Team - 2nd |
WC 1 Lee Valley: K1 - 11th, K1 Team - 1st WC 2 Tacen: K1 - 34th, K1 Team - 8th WC 3 Prague: K1 - 6th, K1 Team - 10th WC 4 Le Seu D'Urgell: K1 - 24th WC 5 Augsburg: K1 - 2nd, K1 Team - 6th |
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2013 | Prague: K1 - 6th, K1 Team - 15th |
Krakow: K1 - 13th K1 Team - 7th |
WC 1 Cardiff: K1 - 13th, K1 Team - 4th WC 3 La Seu d’Urgell: K1 – 30th, K1 Team – 6th WC 4 Tacen: K1 - 29th, K1 Team - 8th |
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2012 | Jnr & U23 Wausau: K1 U23 – 12th, K1 U23 Team -10th |
Jnr & U23 Solkan: K1 U23 – 7th K1 U23 Team – 9th |
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2011 | Jnr & U23 Banjaluka: K1 U23 – 18th |
WC 2 L’Argentierre: K1 – 43rd |