Scott Shipley

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
	1995 Nottingham	K1
	1997 Três Coroas	K1
	1999 La Seu d'Urgell	K1
Junior World Championships
	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

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1992	31 May 1992	Nottingham	1st	K1
1993	18 Jul 1993	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	K1
	21 Aug 1993	Minden	3rd	K1
	31 Aug 1993	Ocoee	1st	K1
1994	10 Jul 1994	Bourg St.-Maurice	1st	K1
	18 Sep 1994	Asahi, Aichi	3rd	K1
1995	16 Jul 1995	Lofer	2nd	K1
	1 Oct 1995	Ocoee	1st	K1
1996	21 Apr 1996	Ocoee	1st	K1
	9 Jun 1996	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	K1
	16 Jun 1996	Augsburg	3rd	K1
1997	29 Jun 1997	Björbo	3rd	K1
	28 Jul 1997	Ocoee	2nd	K1
	3 Aug 1997	Minden	1st	K1
1998	14 Jun 1998	Liptovský Mikuláš	1st	K1
	28 Jun 1998	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	2 Aug 1998	Wausau	1st	K1
1999	20 Jun 1999	Tacen	1st	K1
	24 Jun 1999	Tacen	3rd	K1
	15 Aug 1999	Bratislava	2nd	K1
	22 Aug 1999	Augsburg	1st	K1
	3 Oct 1999	Penrith	3rd	K1
2000	30 Apr 2000	Penrith	3rd	K1
	30 Jul 2000	Augsburg	1st	K1

References

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.

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)

External links

• S2o Design website