Mark Delaney (canoeist)
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Biography
Mark Delaney (born 13 July 1964 in West Lothian, Scotland) is a Great Britain whitewater slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. He won two medals in the C-1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1993 and a bronze in 1991. He also has a bronze from the same event from the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem.
Delaney also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of 14th in the C-1 event in Atlanta in 1996.
He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Cup race in Tacen.
Working for British Canoe Union World Class from Nottingham as a Performance Canoe Coach he's had numerous successes with C2 and C1 paddlers, most significantly as the personal coach to David Florence, Silver Beijing Olympic Games 2008.