Scott Shipley (USA)

Scott is a three-time Olympian and three-time World Champion in slalom kayak among the many other outstanding medal performances and contributions.

As a competitor, Scott was a  three-time World Cup Gold Overall Medalist (1993, 1995, 1997), a four-time World Cup Silver Overall Medalist (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000), a three-time World Championship Silver Medalist (1995, 1997, 1999), and a three-time Olympian, at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympic games. He was also the U.S. Olympic Committee Top 10 Sportsman of the Year (1993 and 1997).

As an extension of the kind of athlete that he is, he was awarded the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Jack Kelly Fair Play Award (for an act of sportsmanship) for giving a kayak to Samir Karabasic from Bosnia whose kayak was destroyed during training at the ’96 Olympics. Scott later collected $40,000 worth of boats, paddling gear and sports equipment and personally delivered it to Karabasic’s paddling club which was leveled during the Bosnian war.

Scott is the author of Every Crushing Stroke: The Book of Performance Kayaking. He currently designs whitewater courses across the United States and world.