Bridgitte Hartley

South African canoeist

Bridgitte Hartley

Personal information

Nationality

South African

Born

(1983-07-14) 14 July 1983 (age 40)
Sandton, South Africa

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

Sport

Country

South Africa

Sport

Canoe sprint

Club

Natal Canoe Club

Medal record

Women's canoe sprint

Olympic Games
	2012 London	K-1 500m
World Championships
	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 1000 m
	2014 Moscow	K-1 500 m
	2018 Montemor-o-Velho	K-1 1000 m
All-Africa Games
	2011 Maputo	K-1 200m
	2011 Maputo	K-1 500m
	2011 Maputo	K-2 500m
African Games
	2019 Rabat	K-2 200 m
	2019 Rabat	K-2 500 m

Bridgitte Ellen Hartley (born 14 July 1983) is a South African canoe sprinter who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. Three years later, at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Bridgitte again won the bronze medal, this time in the K-1 (Kayak Singles – Women) 500m event. In August 2014, she replicated her Olympic form, and at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow she picked up a third career bronze model in international competition.^[1] Hartley became the first person from both South Africa and the African continent to medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Hartley also competed in the K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the semifinals.^[1]

Hartley competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In the women's K-1 200 m event, she finished in 13th place.^[2] In the women's K-1 500 m event, she finished in 16th place.^[3]

In February 2022, she was elected as chair of the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Athlete Committee.^[4]

Early life

Hartley was born in Sandton, a suburb of Johannesburg. Her family moved to Richards Bay in her youth, where she took up surfing.^[5] She attended Pretoria High School for Girls where she excelled at sports.^[5] After high school, Hartley attended the University of Pretoria.^[5]

Affiliations

TuksSport – University of Pretoria, South Africa^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bridgitte Hartley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ Burke, Patrick (12 February 2022). "Hartley elected to chair ICF Athlete Committee". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Macleod, Dave (23 May 2020). "Hartley reflects on 15 years of competing". Cape Town, South Africa: Sports24 (a division of Media24 Proprietary Limited). Archived from the original on 1 August 2020.