Sprint - Podium
Rebeka (Rebii) Simon was born in Hungary and is a women’s sprint kayaker. In 2016 she competed in Rio in her first Olympics as part of the Women's K4 500m crew and came 7th in a very competitive field. In 2018 Rebii won the bronze medal at the Under 23 European Championships in Auronze in the K1 1000m race. In only her second year at senior competitions and still only 22 years old, Rebii finished 13th in the K1 500m race. She also performed well at World Cup 1 in Szeged, finishing 12th in the K1 500m and at World Cup 2 finishing 11th, both in the K1 500m races.
2014 saw Rebii shortlisted for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award after a fantastic year of competition, taking silver in both the K1 1000m and 500m events at the Junior European Championships and also silver in the K1 500m at the Junior World Championships in Szeged.
Date of Birth: | 1996 |
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Born: | Budapest |
Hometown: | Walton-on-Thames |
Lives: | Nottingham |
Occupation: | Athlete |
Height / Weight: | 1.73m / 70kg |
Hobbies: | Shopping, reading, drawing and painting. Can't race without eating (a lot) of Nutella. My hero is Canadian sprint Kayaker Adam Van Koeuerden |
Class: | Canoe Sprint- Women's K1 500m & K1 1000m, K2, K4 |
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Olympics: | Rio 2016 |
Paddling since: | 2002 |
Club: | Elmbridge Canoe Club |
Coach: | Kristina Medovcikova |
Boat Manufacturer: | Nelo Cinco ML |
Paddles Manufacturer: | Braca |
Lottery Funding: | UK Sport Podium Potential Programme |
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Year | Olympic Games | World Championships | European Championships | World Cups | National/Other |
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2019 | Szeged: K1 500m - 7th |
WC1 Poznan: K1 500m - 21st WC2 Duisburg: K1 500m - 17th |
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2018 | Montemor O Velho: K1 500m - 13th |
U23 Euros Auronzo: K1 1000m - 3rd K1 500m - 9th |
WC1 Szeged: K1 500m - 12th WC2 Duisburg: K1 500m - 11th |
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2017 | Racice: K1 500m - 13th K4 500m - 4th U23 Pitesti: K1 500m - 3rd K1 1000m - 5th |
U23 Belgrade: K1 500m - 6th K1 1000m - 1st |
WC 1 Montemor-O-Velho: K1 500m - 7th WC 2 Szeged: K1 1000m - 4th |
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2016 | Rio: K4 500m- 7th |
Moscow: K4 500m - 4th |
WC 1 Duisburg: K4 W 500 - 4th WC 2 Racice: K1 W 1000m - 2nd |
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2015 | Milan: K4 500m – 5th |
Racice: K1 500m – 10th K1 1000m – 4th |
WC 3 Copenhagen: K2 500m – 8th |
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2014 | Moscow: K1 1000m – 5th Jnr & U23 Szeged: K1 U23 500m – 2nd, K1 Jun 500m – 2nd |
Jnr & U23 France: K1 Jun 500m – 2nd, K1 Jun 1000m – 2nd |
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2013 | Jnr & U23 Ontario: K1 Jun 500m – 2nd |
Jnr & U23 Poznan: K1 Jun 500m – 5th, K1 Jun 1000m – 1st |
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2012 | Jnr & U23 Portugal: K1 Jun 500m – 8th |
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2011 | Jnr & U23 Brandenburg: K2 Jun 1000m – 2nd |