Lynn Simpson

Lynn Simpson
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1971-02-16) 16 February 1971
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Sport
Sport canoe slalom
Event(s) K-1

Lynn Simpson (born 16 February 1971 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K-1: 1995), a silver (K-1 team: 1995), and two bronzes (K-1 team: 1993, 1997). She also won the World Cup series in three consecutive seasons between 1994 and 1996.

Simpson also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of tenth in the K-1 event in Barcelona in 1992.

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