David Florence

David Florence ( born August 8, 1982 in Aberdeen) is a British canoe slalom racers in one - Canadians.

David Florence from Nottingham heard since the mid- 2000s to advanced world leader in his sport. He takes over for the Forth Canoe Club in Edinburgh and is coached by Mark Delaney. Florence began in 1996 with the Canoeing. First, he started for Union Canal and was coached by Kevin McHugh. Since 2001 the student of mathematical physics at the University of Nottingham is part of the British national squad. At the 2005 World Championships in Penrith kayaker occupied with the team finished seventh in individual 15th place in La Seu d' Urgell, he was also third in a World Cup race. The following year he won at the World Championships in Prague as the last of the final round in eighth place. In Augsburg he also won his first us so far only World Cup race.

His best result at a World Cup reached Florence in 2007, Foz do Iguaçu with fifth place. With the team of Briton in fifth place. The European Championship was less good, Bell was 20, three times he finished third in World Cup races and finished second in the overall standings of the World Cup second place. 2008 first brought a third place in the World Cup race in Prague. With the team Florence was at the European Championships in Krakow Fifth, in individual 37 The best result of the career managed the Briton in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Florence showed a strong competition. After the preliminary round, he finished in second place, the semi-finals, he finished in fourth place. In the final, he set the second best time and won the silver medal behind Michal Martikán. In 2009, he won the overall World Cup standings. In the C -2 for the first time he won a championship medal at the 2011 World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Florence competed in two competitions. In the C -1 he finished tenth in the C-2, he won with Richard Hounslow behind his compatriots Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott the silver medal.