Women in Olympic Canoeing - Rotary Club Tysons Corner VA July 23 2009

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SPRINT(since 1936)

MEN'S CANOE

WOMEN'S CANOE

C1 500m C2 500mC1 1000m C2 1000m

NO EVENTS

Olympic Canoeing

SLALOM (1972 Debut

reinstated 1992)MEN'S

CANOE WOMEN'S

CANOEC1 C2

NO EVENTS   

Joan Benoit-Samuelson 1984 Olympic Champion

Kathrine Switzer – 1967 4:20Roberta Gibb – 1966 3:21

"I think it's time to change the rules." Katherine Switzer

Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs “Battle of the Sexes” - 1973

Definition – Canoe Paddler:“A man holding a single blade.”

Definition – Canoe Paddler:“A man holding a single blade.”

Definition – Canoe Paddler:“A man holding a single blade.”

BEARD

PONYTAILCan we leave now?

c. 1965 Yonkers Canoe Club (NY)

1921 Washington Canoe Club

Nancy Kalafus, Yonkers (NY) ~1972

Spain

Washington Canoe Club

c. 1962

Chairwoman of the IOC Women and Sport Commission

Female canoeist in Ecuador. Why is she racing against male kayakers?

Spain

SerbiaSpainFrance

Ecuador

Chairwoman of the IOC Women and Sport Commission

2009 Pan American Championships

2006 Pan American Championships

Spain

Ecuador

Spain

Ecuador

Spain

Ecuador

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