Sports Nutrition brand EQ Nutrition adds Joe Clarke, the 2016 Rio Olympic Gold medal winner in the K1 Canoe Slalom, to their impressive list of athletes, which includes Nathan Hughes and Shane McGuigan.
Joe is the first British athlete to win the Canoe Slalom and he did it in fine style making history in the Rio Olympics at the age of 24.
Joe was selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics after winning the individual event at the British selection trials in October 2015. At the Olympics he qualified for the final of the men’s slalom with the third-fastest time in the semi-final but went on to win gold in the final with a time of 88.53 seconds, the first time a British competitor had won gold in this event
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EQ Nutrition Founder, Simon Steven, comments, "Joe is a great addition to the EQ team and adds some diversity to the incredible list of athletes we have acquired in the last couple of years. It's also great to have a current Olympic Champion who understand the high level of determination and dedication required to be the best at what you do. It's also clear that Joe will continue to grow and achieve even more in the near future which everyone at EQ is excited to be part of."
Joe Clarke was also appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to canoeing.