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Ed McKeever

Ed McKeever
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Born Edward Daniel McKeever
(1983-08-27) 27 August 1983 (age 33)
Bath, Somerset, England
Residence Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
Nationality British
Education BA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance
Occupation Part Qualified Accountant With ACCA
Agent Alexander Nikonorov
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Website Official website
Ed McKeever
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London K-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań K-1 4 × 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szeged K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-1 4x200 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku K-1 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trasona K-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Brandenburg K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Belgrade K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-1 200 m

Edward Daniel McKeever MBE (born 27 August 1983) is a British kayak athlete. He is a current European and Olympic champion and formerly a World champion.

McKeever won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the K-1 200m event.

He won two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a gold in the K-1 200 m and a silver in the K-1 4 × 200 m events, and a further silver in the K-1 200m at the 2011 event in Szeged.

In 2012 McKeever won the K1 200m event at the World Cup in Poznan he also won the K1 200m at the European Championships in 2010 Trasona, Spain and the kayak World Cup race in Szeged, Hungary. McKeever still competes for the Bradford on Avon rowing club, despite moving to south Buckinghamshire to be train at the 2012 Olympic race venue of Dorney lake.

In 2012, McKeever won gold medal in the K1 200m event, in Canoe sprint World Cup.

He competed in the canoe sprint team for London Olympics 2012 in the Men’s K1 200m. He qualified for the K1 200m final after achieving a new Olympic best of 35.087 seconds in the heats and on 11 August he won the gold medal in the event.

McKeever was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to kayaking.


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