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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">David Ford</div></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#CCCC99; color:black;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-03-23</span>) </span>March 23, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#CCCC99; color:black;"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; font-size:105%;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap">Men's <a href="/wiki/Canoe_slalom" title="Canoe slalom">canoe slalom</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">1999 La Seu d'Urgell</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">2003 Augsburg</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">K1 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Watson Ford</b> (born March 23, 1967, in <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> <a href="/wiki/Slalom_canoeing" class="mw-redirect" title="Slalom canoeing">slalom canoeist</a> who has competed since the mid-1980s and is still actively competing. He is Canada's most successful slalom paddler. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Ford_(canoeist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ford has won two medals in the K1 event at the <a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1999_ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">1999</a> he became the first non-European to win the World Championship title.<sup id="cite_ref-BCSHOF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCSHOF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ford followed up with a World Championship silver in <a href="/wiki/2003_ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">2003</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2003_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2003</a> he also won the overall <a href="/wiki/Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="Canoe Slalom World Cup">World Cup</a> title in K1.<sup id="cite_ref-CKC_Bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CKC_Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named Male Athlete of the Year at the 2003 Canadian Sport Awards, and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/BC_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="BC Sports Hall of Fame">BC Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-BCSHOF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCSHOF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ford has competed in five <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a>, earning a fourth-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/Canoeing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_slalom_K-1" title="Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1">K1 event</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> in <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a>. He had a sixth-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/Canoeing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_slalom_K-1" title="Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1">same event in 2008</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>. Ford could not get a sixth appearance in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>, as of his elbow tendons had ruptured prior to the qualifier, and with no time for the required surgery, countless injections were unable to produce an adequate result for him to paddle to his abilities.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Cup_individual_podiums">World Cup individual podiums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Ford_(canoeist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World Cup individual podiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width:3%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:2%;" bgcolor="gold"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="width:2%;" bgcolor="silver"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="width:2%;" bgcolor="cc9966"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="width:2%; background-color:#4180be; color:white;">Total </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;">K1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Venue </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Event </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1991_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup">1991</a></b></td> <td align="right">6 July 1991</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Augsburg_Eiskanal" title="Augsburg Eiskanal">Augsburg</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1992_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="1992 Canoe Slalom World Cup">1992</a></b></td> <td align="right">7 June 1992</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Merano" title="Merano">Merano</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1995_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="1995 Canoe Slalom World Cup">1995</a></b></td> <td align="right">1 October 1995</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ocoee_Whitewater_Center" title="Ocoee Whitewater Center">Ocoee</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup">1998</a></b></td> <td align="right">2 August 1998</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Wausau,_Wisconsin" title="Wausau, Wisconsin">Wausau</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2001_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2001</a></b></td> <td align="right">5 August 2001</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Prague-Troja_Canoeing_Centre" title="Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre">Prague</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2002</a></b></td> <td align="right">26 May 2002</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">28 July 2002</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tacen_Whitewater_Course" title="Tacen Whitewater Course">Tacen</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15 September 2002</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tibagi" title="Tibagi">Tibagi</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/2003_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2003</a></b></td> <td align="right">11 May 2003</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Penrith_Whitewater_Stadium" title="Penrith Whitewater Stadium">Penrith</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">3 August 2003</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cunovo_Water_Sports_Centre" title="Čunovo Water Sports Centre">Bratislava</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2004_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2004 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2004</a></b></td> <td align="right">30 May 2004</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Merano" title="Merano">Merano</a></td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd</td> <td>K1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2005_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2005 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2005</a></b></td> <td align="right">27 August 2005</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kern_River" title="Kern River">Kern River</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td>K1<sup><a href="#1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2006 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2006</a></b></td> <td align="right">20 August 2006</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Madawaska,_Ontario" title="Madawaska, Ontario">Madawaska</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td>K1<sup><a href="#1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2009_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="2009 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2009</a></b></td> <td align="right">3 August 2009</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kananaskis_River" title="Kananaskis River">Kananaskis</a></td> <td bgcolor="cc9966">3rd</td> <td>K1<sup><a href="#1">1</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><div id="1"></div><sup>1</sup> Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Ford_(canoeist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 25, 2009, Ford married <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> alpine skier <a href="/wiki/Kelly_VanderBeek" title="Kelly VanderBeek">Kelly VanderBeek</a>. They have a son, Cooper.<sup id="cite_ref-VSProfile14_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VSProfile14-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Ford_(canoeist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BCSHOF-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BCSHOF_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BCSHOF_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBeck" class="citation web cs1">Beck, Jason. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/david-ford/">"David Ford"</a>. <i>BCSportsHallofFame.com</i>. 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