WEGMAN Martina

Netherlands
Canoe Slalom
13 Jun 1989
32
Female
Olympic Scholarship

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CSL Canoe Slalom Women's Kayak 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre
Women's Kayak Heats 1st Run
Finished
Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre
Women's Kayak Heats 2nd Run
Finished
Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre
Women's Kayak Semi-final
Finished
Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre
Women's Kayak Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocationK1CSLXK1 Team
2019La Seu d'Urgell, ESP31-10
2019Prague, CZE-6-
2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA462-
2017Pau, FRA1849
2015London, GBR32-10
2014McHenry, MD, USA43--

Oceania Open Championships
YearLocationK1C1
2021Auckland, NZL2-
2020Auckland, NZL14-
2019Penrith, NSW, AUS25-
2018Auckland, NZL410

European Championships
YearLocationK1CSLXK1 Team
2021Ivrea, ITA24DNS8
2019Pau, FRA24-DNS
2018Prague, CZE21-7

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017
YearEventStandingsThree best ranks per season
2021Kayak-1 x 14th, 1 x 27th
2021CSLX-1 x 8th, 1 x 25th
2019Kayak16th1 x 6th, 1 x 15th, 1 x 17th
2019CSLX4th1 x 1st, 1 x 6th
2018Kayak38th1 x 11th, 1 x 36th, 1 x 41st
2018CSLX1st2 x 2nd, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2017Kayak37th1 x 9th, 1 x 33rd, 1 x 37th
2017CSLX-1 x 2nd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
12019Women's CSLXTacen, SLO
22018Women's CSLXRio de Janeiro, BRA
22018Women's CSLXAugsburg, GER
22017Women's CSLXAugsburg, GER
42018Women's CSLXLiptovsky Mikulas, SVK
62019KayakTacen, SLO
62019Women's CSLXPrague, CZE
72018Women's CSLXKrakow, POL
82021Women's CSLXPrague, CZE
92017KayakIvrea, ITA


Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Martini, Smartina (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017)
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Athlete
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Business, Management, Marketing - Johan Cruyff Institute, Amsterdam, NED
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Husband Mike Dawson
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Dutch, English, French, German
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Telmo Olazabal [personal], ESP
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Her husband Mike Dawson has represented New Zealand in canoe slalom, including in the men's K1 event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (canoeslalom.net, 01 Jan 2019; nowtolove.co.nz, 16 Mar 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 24 Feb 2021)
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She has competed whitewater canoeing and won four consecutive titles at the Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championships between 2008 and 2011. She has also competed in canoe freestyle and has been a European champion in the sport. (palmequipmenteurope.com, 06 Jul 2016; volkskrant.nl, 18 May 2020)
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Her father was a canoe instructor and introduced her to the sport when she was age 11, paddling on rivers and at sea in the Netherlands. She first tried paddling on a whitewater course in Sault Brenaz, France, and she entered her first canoe freestyle event at age 14 in Plattling, Germany. She took up canoe slalom in 2014. "My father taught it. It was a lifestyle. We went on holiday to places where there was wild water. That's how I got involved. It was exciting, challenging." (nhnieuws.nl, 09 Jun 2020; thepaddlermag.com, 18 Apr 2015; palmequipmenteurope.com, 06 Jul 2016; volkskrant.nl, 18 May 2020)
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She made the switch to canoe slalom in order to travel and compete with her husband, New Zealand slalom paddler Mike Dawson. She had previously competed in canoe freestyle and whitewater canoeing. "My husband, Mike Dawson, competed for New Zealand at two Olympics. He retired two years ago [in 2018], but I really liked his sport and it was easier to travel together. The other reason is that I found it challenging, without the risk of extreme whitewater kayaking. I felt confident on those waterfalls. I chose the line that reduced the risk. But of course the risk is still there. In canoe slalom the risk is much smaller than on a wild river, which I did before. If you make a mistake in whitewater kayaking, it could be life or death. But canoe slalom, on a fixed course, that is like getting on a bicycle to me." (volkskrant.nl, 18 May 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 22 Feb 2021)
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"I love competing. I love the race aspect and trying to perform the best you can." (palmequipmenteurope.com, 06 Jul 2016)

General Interest

General
WHITEWATER CANOEING
Prior to taking up canoe slalom, when she was involved in whitewater canoeing she completed courses that included 15-metre waterfall drops, and in 2013 she kayaked the Murchiston Falls in Uganda, which includes a section of water with a high concentration of hippos and crocodiles. "You see videos of waterfalls, of people who go down there by kayak and you think they are really crazy. But then you are there yourself. At more than 10 metres, the psychological limit, you have to fall with the nose of the kayak into the water, so that you don't get hit hard. Water at the bottom of the waterfall contains a lot of air. If you land well in that, it is quite soft. But if you hit the water flat with your kayak, you have a lot of impact. There are people who have broken their backs like that. At the start it was like, 'No way, I would never run a 70-foot waterfall', but once you're at the top of it you're like, 'Okay, let's go!' When I started kayaking harder whitewater and waterfalls my dad once 'joked' he regrets getting me into the sport. I have no regrets at all." (volkskrant.nl, 18 May 2020; theflowcentre.com, 01 Jan 2018; canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017; thepaddlermag.com, 18 Apr 2015; palmequipmenteurope.com, 22 Oct 2013)

SWITCH TO CANOE SLALOM
She says making the switch to canoe slalom from whitewater canoeing was a challenge that she enjoyed. "I competed for many years in freestyle and extreme racing, but I never used to train for it, until I picked up the slalom discipline. My goal is to get as good as I can. A lot of slalom paddlers started when they were seven or eight years old, and there are not many people who cross over from whitewater to slalom at my age, or even cross over from whitewater to slalom in a lifetime. A lot of the people who do extreme kayaking think when they cross over to slalom that it is easy to get on the top. Which is totally not true." (volkskrant.nl, 18 May 2020; theflowcentre.com, 01 Jan 2018; palmequipmenteurope.com, 06 Jul 2016)

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION
She worked as an editor at Kayak Session Publishing in Lyon, France, between 2010 and 2014. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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