Haley Daniels

Haley Daniels
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 34)
Calgary, Alberta
Sport
CountryCanada
SportCanoe slalom
EventC1, K1
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto C1

Haley Daniels (born 14 December 1990) is a Canadian slalom canoeist[1] who has competed at the international level since 2010.[2]

Daniels started canoeing at age 6 and competing at age 12 in Calgary. She made her senior international debut in 2008 and won the bronze medal in the Pan American Games, Toronto, in 2015.[3] With women's canoeing events finally added to the Olympic slate for the 2020 Tokyo Games Daniels secured qualification for the delayed event in June 2021.[4][5] Daniels represented Canada in the inaugural edition of the C1 event at the Tokyo Games, finishing in 22nd place after being eliminated in the heats.[6]

Personal life

Her grandfather was a Grey Cup Champion playing for the Toronto Argos in the 1950 mud bowl. He also played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes football teams.

References

  1. ^ "Haley Daniels | Canoe Kayak Canada". canoekayak.ca.
  2. ^ "Haley DANIELS (CAN)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Haley DANIELS". ICF - Planet Canoe. 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Haley Daniels and her dad break down barriers en route to Tokyo". calgarysun.
  5. ^ Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
  6. ^ "Results (Tokyo)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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