Caroline Queen, Date of Birth

    

Caroline Queen

USA Olympic K-1 Canoer

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1992

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Caroline Queen

  • Caroline Queen (born March 5, 1992 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American slalom canoer.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the K-1 event, finishing 17th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.
  • Caroline first began paddling slalom at the age of nine, at Valley Mill Camp in her hometown of Darnestown, Maryland.
  • She soon entered regular training in the summer of 2002, when she began working with Martin Nevaril, who would later become a US Junior National Team Coach.
  • With Martin’s guidance, she blossomed as a young paddler.
  • In 2006, then fourteen-year-old Queen attended her first US National team trials, when surprised the slalom community by winning Day 2 of the competition.
  • In 2007, with help from Joe Jacobi, she became the youngest woman ever to make the US National team.
  • She has been on the National Team since then, competing every year except 2009 when she suffered an ACL injury.
  • She recovered from the ACL surgery and went on to become the 2011 and 2012 US National Champion and make the US Olympic team in 2012.
  • She attended the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, and she graduated with a BS in Psychology from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.

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