Rosalyn Lawrence

About Rosalyn Lawrence

Rosalyn (Ros) Lawrence (born 12 June 1989 in Lismore, New South Wales) is an Australian slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s. She also competes in wildwater and creeking events.

Lawrence won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Prague together with Jessica Fox and Alison Borrows. She won the overall world cup title in the C-1 category twice (2011 and 2012), as well as in 2009, when it was a demonstration event.

Lawrence also won the Sickline Extreme race in 2012 and the Wildwater World Championship in C1W in 2011.

Her two elder sisters have also competed in canoe slalom. Jacqueline Lachmann (née Lawrence) is an Olympic silver medalist (2008 Beijing Olympic Games) and Katrina is the overall world cup champion in K-1 from 2008.

Rosalyn Lawrence Achievements

2013:

• 1st C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (Prague, CZE)
  
• 2nd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)
  
• 2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL)
  
• 2nd K1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL)
  
• 1st K1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC)
  

2012:

• 1st K1W – Sickline Extreme Kayak race (Oetz, AUT)
  
• World number 1 ranking C1W
  
• Overall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion
  
• 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Cardiff, GBR)
  
• 2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 5 (Bratislava, SVK)
  
• 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA)
  
• 1st C1W teams – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA)
  
• 1st C1W – New Zealand Open (Mangahao, NZL)
  
• 2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Penrith, NSW)
  
• 2nd C1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS)
  
• 3rd K1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS)
  
• 3rd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)
  

2011:

• Overall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion
  
• 1st C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (Bratislava, SVK)
  
• 1st C1W – ICF Wildwater Canoe World Championships (Augsburg, GER)
  
• 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Tacen, SLO)
  
• 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 (Prague, CZE)
  
• 2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 2 (L'Argentiere, FRA)
  
• 3rd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 3 (Markkleeberg, GER)
  
• 2nd K1W – Oceania Open (Penrith, NSW)
  
• 3rd C1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC)
  
• 1st C1W – National Championships (Nymboida, NSW)
  

2009:

• 2nd C1W – World Championship Demonstration Event (La Seu d'Urgell, ESP)
  
• 3rd K1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)
  
• 2nd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)
  

Awards:

• 2011 International Canoe Federation Athlete of the Month (August)
  
• 2011 Australian Canoeing (AC) Athlete of the Year (non-Olympic discipline)
  
• 2011 AC Team of the Year (Women's C1)
  
• 2011 AC People's Choice Award
  
• 2009 AC Canoeist of the Year
  
• 2005 NSWCHS blue for canoeing
  
• 2005 Pierre de Coubertin Award