Slalom - Podium
Ryan Westley is a men’s C1 slalom canoeist and 2019 is his sixth season on the British senior team.
At the opening World Cup at Lee Valley Ryan won bronze in the men's C1.
Ryan had his best season ever in 2018, becoming the men's C1 European Champion in Prague. He competed in the final of all four World Cups, demonstrating great consistency at the highest level and won bronze in World Cup 1 in Liptovsky. He then topped off a great season, impressively winning C1 silver at the World Championships in Rio and C1 Team bronze.
In 2015 Ryan won his first individual senior medal – C1 bronze, at the World Championships on his home course at Lee Valley and in 2016 he became the U23 European Champion in C1.
Ryan completed two years of a Sports Science and Management degree at Nottingham Trent University before moving down to Lee Valley to train full-time.
Date of Birth: | 1993 |
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Born: | Exeter |
Hometown: | Merriott, Somerset |
Lives: | Cheshunt, Hertfordshire |
Occupation: | Athlete |
Height / Weight: | 1.81m / 79kg |
Hobbies: | Xbox, skiing, hillwalking, photography |
Class: | Canoe Slalom - Men's Canoe Single (C1) |
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Paddling since: | 1996 |
Club: | Lower Wharfe |
Coach: | Mark Ratcliffe |
Boat Manufacturer: | Vajda Martikan |
Paddles Manufacturer: | Vajda Martikan |
Lottery Funding: | UK Sport Podium Programme |
Sponsors |
Year | Olympic Games | World Championships | European Championships | World Cups | National/Other |
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2022 | Liptovsky: C1 11th C1 team 8th |
WC3 Tacen: C1 20th WC2 Krakow: C1 7th WC1 Prague: C1 14th |
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2019 | La Seu d'Urgell: C1 - 14th C1 Team - 7th |
Pau: C1 - 8th C1 Team - 10th |
WC1 Lee Valley: C1 - 3rd WC Final Prague: C1 - 15th |
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2018 | Rio: C1 - 2nd C1 Team - 3rd |
Prague: C1 - 1st C1 Team - 4th |
WC1 Liptovsky: C1 - 3rd WC2 Krakow: C1 - 6th WC3 Augsberg: C1 - 6th World Cup Final La Seu d'Urgell: C1 - 5th |
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2017 | Pau: C1 - 23rd C1 Team - 2nd |
Tacen: C1 - 20th, C1 Team - 7th |
WC Final La Seu d'Urgell: C1 - 5th WC3 Markkleeberg: C1 - 7th WC 2 Augsburg: C1 - 30th WC1 Prague: C1 - 10th |
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2016 | U23 Krakow: C1 Team U23 - 2nd |
Liptovsky: C1 - 16th, C1 Team- 3rd U23 Solkan: C1 - 1st |
WC1 Ivrea: C1 - 17th WC2 La Seu d'Urgell: C1 - 27th WC3 Pau: C1 - 33rd WC4 Prague: C1 - 2nd WC5 Tacen: C1 - 11th |
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2015 | Lee Valley: C1 - 3rd, C1 Team - 6th |
Markkleeberg: C1 - 23rd, C1 Team - 3rd |
WC1 Prague: C1 - 11th, C1 Team - 2nd WC2 Krakow: C1 - 9th, C2 - 7th WC3 Liptovsky: C1 - 29th WC4 La Seu d’Urgell: C1 - 16th WC5 Pau: C1 - 29th |
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2014 | Deep Creek: C1 - 20th, C1 Team - 7th U23 Penrith: C1 - 6th |
Vienna: C1 - 10th, C1 Team - 8th U23 Macedonia: C1 - 5th, C2 - 5th |
WC1 Lee Valley: C1 - 27th, C1 Team - 1st, C2 - 11th WC5 Augsburg: C1 - 20th, C1 Team - 9th, C2 - 13th |
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2013 | U23 Liptovsky: C1 - 21st, C1 Team - 7th |
U23 France: C1 - 13th, C1 Team - 6th |
WC2 Augsburg: C1 - 29th WC5 Bratislava: C1 - 24th, C1 Team - 11th |
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2012 | WC5 Bratislava: C1 - 26th |