Scott R. Shipley (born May 15, 1971 in

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) is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2004. He won three silver medals in the K1 event at the

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, earning them in

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, and

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. He won the overall

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title in K1 three times (

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and

). In 2010, he became U.S. national champion in C2. Shipley also competed in three

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, earning his best finish of fifth in the K1 event in

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. With Mechanical Engineering degrees from

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, 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

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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.

World Cup individual podiums

References

External links

S2o Design website
1971 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships People from Poulsbo, Washington Sportspeople from Kitsap County, Washington 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-canoe-bio-stub