Robin Bell (born 16 November 1977 in Cape Town) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Beijing in 2008.
Bell also won a complete set of medals in the C1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2005, a silver in 1999 and a bronze in 2007.
He won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2005 and 2008.
He was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2005, and became world number one in 2006.
World Cup individual podiums Total C1 3 9 1 13
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2001 29 July 2001 Augsburg 2nd C1 5 August 2001 Prague 2nd C1 2003 11 May 2003 Penrith 2nd C1 13 July 2003 Tacen 3rd C1 2005 9 July 2005 Athens 2nd C1 24 July 2005 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C1 1 October 2005 Penrith 1st C11 2006 28 May 2006 Athens 2nd C1 2007 15 July 2007 Augsburg 2nd C1 2008 16 March 2008 Penrith 2nd C12 26 April 2008 Charlotte 1st C13 21 June 2008 Prague 2nd C1 6 July 2008 Augsburg 1st C1
1 World Championship counting for World Cup points 2 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points 3 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points
References
Australian Olympic Committee profile
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