Michelle Russell

Michelle Russell (born June 27, 1992) is a Canadian sprint kayaker.

Michelle Russell
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-06-27) June 27, 1992
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sport
SportKayaking
Event(s)K-1 500m, K-1 200m
ClubCheema Aquatic Club
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoK-4 500 metres
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoK-1 200 metres
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoK-1 500 metres
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Welland, OntarioK-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 Welland, OntarioK-1 500 m
Representing  Nova Scotia
Canada Games
Silver medal – second place2009 CharlottetownK-1 2000 m
Silver medal – second place2009 CharlottetownK-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2009 CharlottetownK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2009 CharlottetownK-4 500 m

Career

Her home club is the Cheema Aquatic Club in Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada. As a 17-year-old at the 2009 Canada Games Russell represented Nova Scotia where she won two gold medals in K-4 and K-2, as well as two Silver medals in K-1 1000 and K-1 2000 m.[1] That very same year, Russell was picked as the female K-1, to represent Canada at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Moscow Russia, where she finished 8th and 10th in the K-1 500 and K-1 1000. 2012 was her first World Cup tour where she took home a bronze in K1 200 relay. In 2013, she made four World Cup finals in K1 events and placed fourteenth in K1 200 at Senior Worlds. At the 2013 Under-23 World Championships in Welland she paddled to victory for Canada and claimed the gold medal in the K-1 200m, as well as receiving a bronze medal in the K-1 500.[2] She has also won numerous medals at the national level. In 2014, she once again made the Canadian Senior Worlds team that competed in two World Cup events, as well as the senior World Championships in Moscow, Russia. At World Cup event in Racice, she placed 8th in K-1 5000 and 12th in K-1 200. At the World Cup in Szeged, she placed 15th in the K-1 5000, 15th in the K-1 200. At the World Championship, she raced the K-1 200 relay event where she and her team placed 7th, as well as racing the K-1 200 event where she placed 13th and the K-2 500 event where she also placed 13th. She is currently on the World Top Athlete list for Canoe Kayak as of 2013, which meant she has one of the best times ever recorded by a female kayaker at a world level (Wellen, 2013). Her time 39,980 seconds, is the 8th fastest at the 200m distance ever recorded by a female kayaker. As of 2014, she is still on the list but is ranked at 9th.[3] She is currently a member of the Canoe Kayak Canada Senior National team.

In March 2021, Russell was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[4][5]

Results
  • 2013 U23 World Championships (Welland, Canada) K1 200 – Gold
  • 2013 U23 World Championships (Welland, Canada) K1 500 – Bronze
  • 2013 World Championships (Duisburg, Germany) K1 200 – 14th
  • 2013 World Cup 3 (Poznan, Poland) K1 200 – 6th
  • 2013 World Cup 3 (Poznan, Poland) K1 500 – 7th
  • 2013 World Cup 3 (Racice, Czech Republic) K1 200 – 9th
  • 2013 World Cup 3 (Racice, Czech Republic) K1 500 – 9th
  • 2009 Junior World Championships (Moscow, Russia) K4 500 – 8th
  • 2009 Junior World Championships (Moscow, Russia) K1 1000 – 10th[6]

References
  1. NOVA SCOTIA PADDLES TO A MEDAL IN EVERY EVENT AT CANADA GAMES
  2. World Sprint Championships U23 C1 200m
  3. file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/2013%20CSP%20World%20Best%20times.pdf
  4. "Six Canadian Sprint Paddlers Punch Ticket to Tokyo". www.canoekayak.ca. Canoe Kayak Canada. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. Houston, Michael (12 March 2021). "Canada's Vincent qualifies for women's Olympic canoe sprint debut at Tokyo 2020". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. "Sprint Teams | Canoe Kayak Canada".
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