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Paul Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1973 in Salford) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.
Early life He came from Tyldesley, in Wigan,Manchester Evening News Thursday 3 May 1990, page 83 and trained with Manchester Canoe Club.
He attended the University of Nottingham.Nottingham Evening Post Monday 19 September 1994, page 24
Career Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.
Ratcliffe also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 1997) and two bronzes (K1: 1997, 1999).
He won overall World Cup title in K1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-time European Champion.
World Cup individual podiums Total K1 11 2 1 14
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1996 29 September 1996 Três Coroas 1st K1 1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st K1 29 June 1997 Björbo 1st K11998 21 June 1998 Tacen1st K1 2 August 1998 Wausau 2nd K1 13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K11999 24 June 1999 Tacen 1st K1 15 August 1999 Bratislava 1st K1 3 October 1999 Penrith 1st K1 2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 1st K1 2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 1st K1 23 July 2000 Prague 1st K1 2003 6 July 2003 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1 31 July 2003 Bratislava 3rd K1
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