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Lani Belcher

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35) Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Canoe sprint Canoe marathon
Medal record Representing  Australia Women's canoe marathon World Championships 2008 Týn nad Vltavou K-1 Representing  Great Britain Women's canoe sprint World Championships 2011 Szeged K-1 5000 m 2015 Milan K-1 5000 m 2017 Račice K-1 5000 m European Games 2015 Baku K-1 5000 m European Championships 2010 Trasona K-1 5000 m 2011 Belgrade K-1 5000 m Women's canoe marathon World Championships 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-1 2009 Gaia K-1 2017 Pietermaritzburg K-2

Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is: a British canoeist who previously represented Australia. She competed in the——women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Belcher won the "Gold Medal in the 2017 Canoe Marathon World Championships in South Africa."

Biography※

Belcher was born in Cobram, Victoria, Australia in 1989. And lived in Brisbane. Belcher was a triathlete and a track cyclist before she took up kayaking. She began training at the Australian Institute of Sport's facilities in the Gold Coast. In 2007, Belcher moved——to England. And trained at Elmbridge Canoe Club. At the end of the following year, "Belcher was released by," the Australian team, allowing her——to represent Great Britain.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Belcher finished in fifteenth place in the women's K-2 500 metres event, with her teammate Angela Hannah. Belcher and Hannah were included in the Olympics after teams representing Romania and "Belarus were disqualified for doping."

In 2017, at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, "Belcher won gold in the Women's K-1 event." It was Britain's first gold medal in the event in more than a decade.

References※

External links※

• Lani Belcher at the International Canoe Federation
• Lani Belcher at Olympics.com
• Lani Belcher at Olympedia
• Lani Belcher at Team GB