Yvonne Knudsen

Danish canoeist
Yvonne Knudsen
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Poznań K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Montreal K-1 500 m

Yvonne Brandtrup Knudsen-Hansen (born 7 August 1964) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She won two medals in the K-1 500 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1990 and a bronze 1986.

Knudsen also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Seoul in 1988.

Her sister, Jeanette, also competed as a sprint canoer for Denmark in the Summer Olympics.

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Sports-Reference.com


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