Rosalyn Lawrence

Rosalyn "Ros" Lawrence (born 12 June 1989) is an Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. She also competes in wildwater and creeking events.

Lawrence won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1 team: 2013, 2015, 2019), a silver (C1 team: 2017) and a bronze (K1 team: 2017). She won the overall World Cup title in the C1 category twice (2011 and 2012), as well as in 2009, when it was a demonstration event. Lawrence finished two seasons as the World No. 1 in the C1 event, in 2009 and 2012.

Lawrence also won the Sickline Extreme race in 2012 and the Wildwater World Championship in C1W in 2011.

Her two older sisters have also competed in canoe slalom. Jacqueline Lachmann (née Lawrence) is an Olympic silver medalist (2008 Beijing Olympic Games) and Katrina is the overall world cup champion in K1 from 2008.

Personal life
Lawrence was born on 12 June 1989 in Lismore, NSW, Australia and grew up in Old Bonalbo, a small country town in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. She has been living in Penrith, New South Wales since 2007.

Lawrence completed her HSC in 2006 at Bonalbo Central School and went on to complete a Bachelor of International and Global Studies at the University of Sydney, where she was a scholarship holder in the Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness Elite Athlete Program.

Canoeing
Lawrence races in K1 and C1 events and has been a member of the Australian national canoe/kayak team since 2009. From 2004 to 2006 she was a member of the Australian junior national team and in 2007 & 2012 she competed as a member of the Australian Under 23 team. Lawrence holds a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, and the New South Wales Institute of Sport. Domestically she races for the Big River Canoe Club.

Lawrence was vocal in trying to push for gender equity for her sport to improve by the 2016 Olympics, when there was only one Olympic class available for women in slalom, while there were three for men.

Lawrence was introduced to the sport by her father Laurie, who coached the Bonalbo Central School canoe team.

World Cup individual podiums

 * 1 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

2013
1st C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (Prague, CZE) 2nd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW) 2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL) 2nd K1W – Oceania Championships (Mangahao, NZL) 1st K1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC)

2012
1st K1W – Sickline Extreme Kayak race (Oetz, AUT) World number 1 ranking C1W Overall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Cardiff, GBR) 2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 5 (Bratislava, SVK) 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA) 1st C1W teams – Canoe Slalom Under 23 World Championships (Wausau, USA) 1st C1W – New Zealand Open (Mangahao, NZL) 2nd C1W – Oceania Championships (Penrith, NSW) 2nd C1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS) 3rd K1W – National Championships (Mersey, TAS) 3rd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)

2011
Overall C1W Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion 1st C1W teams – ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (Bratislava, SVK) 1st C1W – ICF Wildwater Canoe World Championships (Augsburg, GER) 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 1 (Tacen, SLO) 1st C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 (Prague, CZE) 2nd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 2 (L'Argentiere, FRA) 3rd C1W – Canoe Slalom World Cup 3 (Markkleeberg, GER) 2nd K1W – Oceania Open (Penrith, NSW) 3rd C1W – National Championships (Eildon, VIC) 1st C1W – National Championships (Nymboida, NSW)

2009
2nd C1W – World Championship Demonstration Event (La Seu d'Urgell, ESP) 3rd K1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW) 2nd C1W – Australian Open (Penrith, NSW)

Awards
2011 International Canoe Federation Athlete of the Month (August) 2011 Australian Canoeing (AC) Athlete of the Year (non-Olympic discipline) 2011 AC Team of the Year (Women's C1) 2011 AC People's Choice Award 2009 AC Canoeist of the Year 2005 NSWCHS blue for canoeing 2005 Pierre de Coubertin Award