Florence Maheu
Florence Maheu performing at 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany
Personal information
NicknameFlo[1]
NationalityCanadian
Born6 March 1993[2]
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield[3]
Home townSalaberry-de-Valleyfield[4]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1
ClubKayak Valleyfield[4]
Coached byAnthony Colin & Michał Staniszewski[5]
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  Canada

Florence Maheu (born 6 March 1993) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012.[6] She is from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and trains with Kayak Valleyfield.[1]

Maheu represented Canada for the first time at the 2012 U23 World Championships in Wausau, where she finished 21st individually and 5th in the team event.[7] She would compete at the U23 Worlds four more times from 2013 to 2016. In 2017 she won her first national title and finished as top Canadian at her first Senior World Championships in Pau.[8] She finished in a career-best 13th place at the 2018 World Cup in Liptovský Mikuláš.[9]

At the 2019 World Championships, Maheu's placement clinched a spot for Canada in the women's K1 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[10] She secured that spot for herself during the Australian Canoe Slalom Championships in January 2020 after finishing atop the rankings for the domestic selection process.[3] She finished 23rd in the 2020 Olympic K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinal.

Florence has studied a Bachelor of Kinesiology at Université de Montréal.[11] She is coached by Anthony Colin and 1995 C2 world champion Michał Staniszewski.[4]

Career

2023 Season

In June 2023, Maheu was named to her first Pan American Games team.[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Florence Maheu". Canoe Kayak Canada. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Canoë-kayak - Florence Maheu". les=-sports.info (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Florence Maheu". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "MAHEU Florence". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Canoe Kayak Canada introduces new slalom high performance coaching structure". canoekayak.ca. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Florence MAHEU (CAN)". canoeicf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Official results (Wausau)" (PDF). canoeslalom.net. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Florence MAHEU (CAN)". canoeslalom.net. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Florence Maheu". canadianathletesnow.ca.
  10. ↑ Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
  11. ↑ "Florence Maheu CANOË-KAYAK". florencemaheu.ca (in French). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Canada's canoe/kayak slalom team announced for Santiago 2023" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (13 July 2022). "Betteridge set to challenge for Santiago 2023 after Canada squad inclusion". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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