Elisabeth Micheler-Jones

Elisabeth Micheler ( born April 30, 1966 in Augsburg) is a former German canoe slalom rider in one kayak.

Career

The nurse came from Augsburg Schwaben Augsburg for canoeing, canoe sports department of TSV Schwaben Augsburg, and 1987 world champion with the team ( with Margit Messel houses and Ulla stone ) and third in the individual competition. Since 1989 she trained in Nottingham and could be 1991 world champion in the individual competition. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she was Olympic champion. After the British slalom canoeists Melvyn Jones married in 1993, she stepped under the double name Micheler -Jones in Atlanta, where she could but win a medal. She lives with her ​​husband and children near Augsburg.