David Ford

Birthdate: March 23rd, 1967
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Residence: Chilliwack, BC
Canoe Club: Chilliwack Center of Excellence
Sport: Men's Kayak
Website: http://www.whitewaterford.com

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A veteran of the team, David is the most decolarated athlete on the National Team. With one World Championships Title (1999), an overall World Cup Title (2003), 5x Olympian, and 16x National Champion, David has been responsible for putting Whitewater Kayaking on the Canadian radar. 

 

Born in Edmonton, David now lives and trains in Chilliwack, BC with wife and alpine ski-racer Kelly Vanderbeek. Known for his attention to detail, David is motivated by the ability to test new limits and find new challenges. He once worked in a head injury clinic training severe head injury patients. This experience gave him perspective on the role that sports play in life and the fact that in the end it is only a game.

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Results

2010: 
8th - Continental World Cup (Penrith AUS)

2009: 
4th - World Championships (La Seu D'urgell, ESP) 
8th Overall World Cup Standings
3rd Continental World Cup (Kananaskis, Alberta)
1st National Championships (Kananaskis, Alberta)

1st Canadian National Team Trials (Ottawa, Ontario) 

2008:  
6th - Olympic Games (Beijing, CHN)
8th - Overall World Cup Standings 

2007: 
20th - World Championships (Foz do Iguassu, BRA)

5th - Pre-Olympic Test Event (Beijing, CHN)  

1st - National Championships (Chilliwack, BC)  

12th Bratislava Slovak Open (Bratislava, SVK)    

1st National Team Trials (Charlotte, NC)

 4th Continental World Cup (Foz do Iguassu, BRA)

 

2006:

1sr - Pan American Championships (Madawaska, Ontario)

1st Canadian Championships (Madawaska, Ontario)

6th - ICF World Cup #3 (La Seu d'urgell, ESP)

1st - National Team Trials (Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia)

 
2005:

3rd - Overall World Cup

10th - World Championships (Penrith, AUS)
1st - National Championships (Kananaskis, Alberta)
1st - Pan American Championships (Bakersfield, USA)

2004:
4th - Athens Olympic Games (Athens, GRE)
2nd - World Cup Race (Merano, ITA)
4th - World Cup Race (Prague, CZE)

2003:
Overall World Cup Champion
2nd - World Championships (Augsburg, GER)
1st - World Cup #1 (Penrith, AUS)
3rd - World Cup Final (Bratislava, SVK)
1st - National Championships 

2002:
2nd - Overall World Cup
1st - World Cup Final (Brazil)
3rd - World Cup (Tacen, SLO)
3rd - World Cup (Guanzhou, CHN)

2001: 
3rd - World Cup (Prague, CZE)
1st - National Championships 

2000:
Olympic Team Member
1st - National Championships 

1999:
1st - World Championships
1st - National Championships 

1998:
3rd - World Cup (Ocoee, USA)
1st - National Championships 

1996:
Olympic Team Member
1995:
3rd - World Cup (Ocoee, USA) 
1st - National Championships 

1992:
Olympic Team Member
1st - World Cup Race (Merano, ITA)
1st - National Championships 


 

21 Olympic Medals

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