David Florence

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Florence
Occupation	Canoeist
Date Of Birth	Aug 8, 1982(1982-08-08)
Age	42
Birthplace	Aberdeen
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Leo

David Florence Biography

David Florence is one of the most popular and richest Canoeist who was born on August 8, 1982 in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. David Florence (born 8 August 1982) is a British canoeist in slalom who has competed at an international level since. He was the 2013 and the 2015 world champion in single canoe for individual (C1) and the 2013 world champ in two canoes (C2) The latter in tandem with Richard Hounslow. Florence became the very first paddler since Charles Dussuet, sixty years earlier, to reach the double of C1, C2 during the identical World Championships.

Florence was awarded silver medals at three consecutive Olympics including in C1 in 2008, C1 in 2008, and during C2 in 2012 and C2 between 2012 and in 2016 (with Richard Hounslow).

Florence qualified for the C1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London at the British trials. Thanks to the fact that his C2 partner Richard Hounslow qualified for the K1 event, they were able to start together in the C2 event as the second British boat in that category. Florence was a favourite to medal especially in the C1 event, but he failed to make the final after a semifinal run full of mistakes. He finished down in 10th place which was a disappointment for him as well as the local fans. He and Hounslow (who also had a disappointing run in K1) made amends in the C2 event where they were able to win the silver medal behind their compatriots Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott and ahead of the three-time defending champions Pavol and Peter Hochschorner.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, Florence competed in the C1 race. He was second overall, taking home the silver medal, which was beaten by Slovak the world’s number 1 Michal Martikan. He finished his first two courses on the Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Park at 89.47 as well as 82.16 seconds. He was third overall with a time of 171.63 seconds. He was then able to enter the final. The time he ran in the semifinal was 90.46 seconds was enough to qualify him for the finals in 4th position among the ten advanced athletes. The final run of 88.15 seconds was an overall time of 178.61 seconds, which meant that the lead was his with only Martikan remaining to compete but the Slovakian was nearly 2 seconds faster to propel Florence to the silver medal spot. Following the competition, Florence declared that she was impressed by the sight of Rebecca Adlington winning her 400 meters freestyle gold medal the day prior to.

David Florence Net Worth

David Florence is one of the richest Canoeist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Florence 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Florence placed 4th at his 2004 European Championships and 15th in the World Championships the same year. He also earned bronze at the World Cup event in Seu. In 2006, he improved to finish sixth at the World Championships, won a bronze medal in the C1 squad, then also won his gold in the World Cup in Augsburg. In 2007, he finished 5th place in the World Championships and two World Cup medals and bronzes at Prague in Prague and Augsburg. In 2009, he began playing in C2 along with Richard Hounslow and he won an award of bronze in the team C2 event during the 2009 World Championships in La Seu d’Urgell. He then went on to take home an award of bronze in C2 in the C2 competition in the event at the 2010 World Championships in Tacen and another at the C2 team event during the 2010 World Championships in Bratislava. In 2013, at the World Championships in Prague he was awarded two gold medals (C1 as well as C2) and one bronze (C2 team). He also won the silver medal at the team C1 competition at the world championships in 2017 in Pau.

Prior to the 2008 Olympics Florence had submitted an application to be an astronaut for the European Space Agency’s astronaut education program as a result of an advertisement that he had seen and was so enthusiastic about the opportunity that he started to study Russian as a prerequisite for the post. But he wasn’t among the four applicants selected from the 8400 applicants, and was sent the rejection letter just a little time prior to the start at the Olympics. After receiving the Olympic medal, he described the applicationthat “It wasn’t a whim… It was an opportunity that came along to apply for something incredible. I tried but didn’t get in.”

He won a total of eleven medals at the World Championships with three golds, one silver and seven bronzes. In 2009 he won the overall World Cup title in C1. Florence also has seven medals from the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronzes).

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David Ranked on the list of most popular Canoeist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Florence celebrates birthday on August 8 of every year.