Nickname(s) Lans Event(s) K-1 200 mK-1 500 m Weight 66 kg Sport Canoeing Height 1.72 m | Country Australia Role Olympic athlete Nationality Australia Name Alana Nicholls | |
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Born 6 April 1986 (age 38) ( 1986-04-06 ) Perth, Western Australia Residence Perth, Western Australia | ||
Alana nicholls 5th k1 200 final poznan poland
Alana Nicholls (born 6 April 1986) is an Australian kayaker. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events.
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- Alana nicholls 5th k1 200 final poznan poland
- Interview alana nicholls un edited oceania championships canoe sprint day 3
- Personal
- Canoeing
- References
Interview alana nicholls un edited oceania championships canoe sprint day 3
Personal
Nicknamed Lans, Nicholls was born 6 April 1986 in Perth, Western Australia. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes in Perth before going to high school at Chisholm Catholic College. She has a part-time job working for CITIC Pacific Mining Management, a mining company. As of 2012, she lives in the Perth suburb of City Beach.
Nicholls 172 centimetres (68 in) is tall and weighs 66 kilograms (146 lb).
Canoeing
Nicholls is a member of the Bayswater Paddle Sport Club, and has a canoe scholarship with the WA Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport. Her primary training base is in Bayswater, Western Australia with a secondary base on the Gold Coast of Queensland. She is currently coached by Ramon Andersson and Michael Pond who became her coaches in 2008.
Nicholls competed at her first World Cup event, World Cup 2 in Racice, Czech Republic, in 2011 where she won the K-1 500 m event. She finished 4th in the K1 200m event and 5th in the K1 500m event at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. She finished 2nd in the K1 500m event at the World Cup 1 in Poznan, Poland. She was the 2011 Australian Canoeing Athlete of the Year. In 2012, she medaled in the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events at World Cups in May: she finished 1st in the K1 500m event and 1st in the K1 200m event at the 2012 National Championships in Penrith, Australia and she finished 1st in the K1 500m event and 2nd in the K1 200m event at the 2012 Sprint Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia.
Nicholls has been selected to represent Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-1 200 m and K-1 500 m events. Before the start of the Games, she and her canoe teammates trained in Italy at the AIS European Training Centre located in Varese.