Scott R. Shipley (born May 15, 1971 in Poulsbo, Washington)[1] is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2004.

Scott Shipley
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Nottingham K1
Silver medal – second place 1997 Três Coroas K1
Silver medal – second place 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K1
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 La Seu d'Urgell K1

He won three silver medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1995, 1997, and 1999. He won the overall World Cup title in K1 three times (1993, 1995 and 1997).[2] In 2010, he became U.S. national champion in C2.

Shipley also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000.

With Mechanical Engineering degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelors 2001, Masters 2002, he retired from full-time competition for a job with S2O Design and Engineering, in Boulder, Colorado. In that job, he assisted Gary Lacy (the engineer of record) in the design of the $37 million U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which opened in 2006. In a redesign of the man-made whitewater park concept, Shipley is patenting Rapidblocs—plastic structures that can be moved to create different rapids. Rapidblocs are utilized in the London Olympic Whitewater Park, whose rapids his company, S2o, designed. The Rapidblocs allow the park to adjust their rapids to appeal to a wider audience than the Olympic Kayakers that will utilize them in the games.[3]

World Cup individual podiums

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      Total
K1 11 5 8 24
Season Date Venue Position Event
1992 31 May 1992 Nottingham 1st K1
1993 18 July 1993 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
21 August 1993 Minden 3rd K1
31 August 1993 Ocoee 1st K1
1994 10 July 1994 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st K1
18 September 1994 Asahi, Aichi 3rd K1
1995 16 July 1995 Lofer 2nd K1
1 October 1995 Ocoee 1st K1
1996 21 April 1996 Ocoee 1st K1
9 June 1996 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1
16 June 1996 Augsburg 3rd K1
1997 29 June 1997 Björbo 3rd K1
28 July 1997 Ocoee 2nd K1
3 August 1997 Minden 1st K1
1998 14 June 1998 Liptovský Mikuláš 1st K1
28 June 1998 Augsburg 3rd K1
2 August 1998 Wausau 1st K1
1999 20 June 1999 Tacen 1st K1
24 June 1999 Tacen 3rd K1
15 August 1999 Bratislava 2nd K1
22 August 1999 Augsburg 1st K1
3 October 1999 Penrith 3rd K1
2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 3rd K1
30 July 2000 Augsburg 1st K1

References

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  1. ^ "Scott Shipley". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Scott SHIPLEY (USA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ Blevins, Jason. "Colorado kayaker Scott Shipley shapes London Olympic whitewater venue". DenverPost.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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