David Florence

David Florence

Florence at the 2019 Canoe slalom World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Scottish
Born	(1982-08-08) 8 August 1982 (age 41) Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)[2]
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	C1, C2
Club	Forth
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 0 World Championships 3 1 7 European Championships 1 1 5 U23 European Championships 0 0 1 Total 4 5 13 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing C1 2012 London C2 2016 Rio de Janeiro C2 World Championships 2013 Prague C1 2013 Prague C2 2015 London C1 2017 Pau C1 team 2006 Prague C1 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C2 team 2010 Tacen C2 2011 Bratislava C2 team 2013 Prague C2 team 2015 London C2 team 2018 Rio de Janeiro C1 team European Championships 2012 Augsburg C2 team 2009 Nottingham C2 team 2010 Bratislava C2 2010 Bratislava C2 team 2015 Markkleeberg C2 2015 Markkleeberg C1 team 2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team U23 European Championships 2005 Kraków C1 team

David Florence (born 8 August 1982) is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021.^[2][3] He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe (C2), the latter with Richard Hounslow. Florence was the first canoeist since Charles Dussuet, sixty years earlier, to achieve the C1, C2 double at the same World Championships.

Florence won silver medals at three consecutive Olympics: in the C1 in 2008 and in the C2 in 2012 and 2016 (with Richard Hounslow).^[1]

He announced his retirement from the sport in May 2022.^[4]