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Ryan Westley

Ryan Westley competes in the C1 event and has enjoyed an extremely successful career, winning the European Championship and European Games titles in 2018 and 2023 respectively.

He claimed his first World Championship medal with bronze in 2015 before upgrading to silver three years later when racing the Rio 2016 Olympic course. Alongside his individual successes, he has three World Championships medals in the C1 team event, two silver and one bronze.

Westley's gold at the European Games in 2023, marked a significant moment in his career having been ruled out of international action for nearly two years with a serious shoulder injury.

He secured two medals during the 2024 season, winning a bronze at the World Cup in Krakow, before rounding off his season with silver in the La Seu.

Also a European under-23 champion from 2016, Westley completed two years of a Sports Science and Management degree at Nottingham Trent University before moving down to Lee Valley to train full-time.

At A Glance

Hometown

Merriott, Somerset

Programme

Podium Potential

Coach

Campbell Walsh

Favoured Discipline

Canoe Slalom

Club

Lower Wharfe

Training Location

Lee Valley White Water Centre

Ryan Westley Medals

The medals are for all national and international events including Olympic. See Ryan Westley In Numbers on this page for the details.
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Ryan Westley In Numbers

Year
World Champs
European Champs
World Cups
2024
European Championships
Tacen, Slovenia
C1 9th
Final
C1 Team 7th
Final
World Cups
Le Seu, Spain
C1 2nd
Final
World Cups
Ivrea, Italy
C1 33rd
Final
World Cups
Kracow, Poland
C1 3rd
World Cups
Prague, Czech Republic
C1 11th
World Cups
Augsburg, Germany
C1 14th
2023
World Championships
Lee Valley, UK
C1 11th
C1 Team 2nd
World Cups
Paris, France
C1 17th
Final
World Cups
Le Seu, Spain
C1 4th
Final
World Cups
Prague, Czech Republic
C1 11th
Final
World Cups
Augsburg, Germany
C1 18th
Final
2022
World Championships
Augsburg, Germany
C1 15th
Final
C1 Team 13th
Final
European Championships
Liptovsky, Slovakia
C1 11th
Final
World Cups
Le Seu, Spain
C1 5th
Final
World Cups
Tacen, Slovenia
C1 10th
Final
World Cups
Prague, Czech Republic
C1 14th
Final
2019
World Championships
C1 14th
C1 Team 7th
European Championships
C1 8th
C1 Team 10th
World Cups
C1 15th
C1 3rd
2018
World Championships
C1 2nd
C1 Team 3rd
European Championships
C1 1st
C1 Team 4th
World Cups
C1 5th
C1 6th
C1 6th
C1 3rd
2017
World Championships
C1 23rd
C1 Team 2nd
European Championships
C1 20th
C1 Team 7th
World Cups
C1 5th
C1 7th
C1 30th
C1 10th
C1 4th
C1 1st
2016
World Championships
(Under 23)
C1 25th
C1 Team 2nd
European Championships
(Under 23)
C1 1st
C1 Team 7th
European Championships
C1 16th
C1 Team 3rd
World Cups
C1 11th
K1 Cross 28th
C1 2nd
K1 Cross 22nd
C1 53rd
C1 27th
C1 17th
C1 6th
2015
World Championships
C1 3rd
C1 Team 6th
European Championships
C1 23rd
C1 Team 3rd
World Cups
C1 29th
C1 16th
C1 29th
C1 9th
C2 7th
C1 11th
2014
World Championships
C1 20th
C1 Team 7th
World Championships
(Under 23)
C1 Team 4th
C1 6th
C2 11th
European Championships
(Under 23)
C2 2nd
C2 Team 4th
C1 5th
C1 Team 2nd
European Championships
C1 10th
C1 Team 8th
World Cups
C1 20th
C2 13th
C1 27th
C2 11th
2013
World Championships
(Under 23)
C1 21st
C1 Team 7th
European Championships
(Under 23)
C1 Team 6th
C1 13th
World Cups
C1 24th
C1 Team 11th
C1 19th
C1 29th
C1 Team 8th
2012
World Cups
C2 18th
C1 26th
C1 2nd
C2 3rd
C1 9th
2011
European Championships
(Under 23)
C1 Team 7th
C2 Team 2nd
C1 14th
C2 7th
2010
World Championships
(Under 23)
C1 15th
C2 7th
C1 Team 1st
C2 Team 5th
European Championships
(Under 23)
C1 5th
C2 9th
C1 Team 4th
C2 Team 2nd
2009
European Championships
(Under 23)
C2 13th
C2 Team 4th

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