MENNING Petter

Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.87/6'1''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Single 200m	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m Heat 1 #43	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m Semi-final 1 #74	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m Final A #85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	6	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	17	-
2017	Racice, CZE	6	-
2015	Milan, ITA	3	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	2	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	1	7
2011	Szeged, HUN	20	7
2010	Poznan, POL	9	6

European Games

Year	Location	K1 200m
2019	Minsk, BLR	4

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m
2021	Poznan, POL	3
2018	Belgrade, SRB	15
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	5

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m
2021	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th
2020	1 x 11th
2019	1 x 9th, 1 x 11th
2018	1 x 9th, 1 x 17th
2017	2 x 6th, 1 x 12th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Barnaul, RUS	36.455
6	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	34.812
6	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	36.177
7	2021	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	36.45
9	2019	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	35.670
9	2018	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	34.988
11	2020	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	35.92
11	2019	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	35.541
12	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	34.566
17	2018	Kayak Single 200m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	36.286

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Pete the Meat (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

Previous names:

Occupation:

Accounting, Business, Economics - Stockholm University, Sweden

Wife Evelina, daughters Lovisa [2016] and Lykke [2018]

Languages spoken:

English, German, Swedish

Per-Erik Ronnestrand [national]

Sporting relatives:

His wife Evelina has competed in canoe sprint at national level in Sweden. (aftonbladet.se, 16 Jan 2016; karlstadspaddlarklubb.se, 13 Nov 2013)

He underwent surgery on a shoulder injury in 2018. (svt.se, 19 Jun 2019)

He began competing in canoe sprint in 2000. (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

"The reason I started doing sports was that the situation was very hard at home, with my alcoholic father. I practised various sports and got stuck with canoeing. There was a community at the canoe club that I enjoyed, with both adults and those of my age. The sport became a part of my life." (aftonbladet.se, 16 Jan 2016)

Philosophy:

"Many people wonder what my training secret is. There are no secrets, no shortcuts, just a lot of hard training, determination and focus. Every day counts in the quest for the gold." (kanot.com, 04 Jun 2015)

He was named Swedish Kayaker of the Year in 2013 and 2014. (kanot.com, 04 Jun 2015)

He was named 2013 Athlete of the Year in Stockholm, Sweden. (Facebook page, 12 Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
EURO MEDAL UPGRADE
He originally won a silver medal in the K1 200m event at the 2015 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, but in June 2019 he was promoted to the gold medal position after Miklos Dudas from Hungary was disqualified due to an anti-doping violation. (eurolympic.org, 27 Jun 2019; svt.se, 19 Jun 2019)

NAME CHANGE
He changed his family name Ostrom to Menning after marrying his wife Evelina. "It's fine. It works better internationally, rather than spelling it Oestroem." (aftonbladet.se, 16 Jan 2016)

Milestones

In 2013 he became the first Swedish canoe sprint paddler to win gold in an individual event at both the world and European championships in the same year. He was victorious in the K1 200m event at both competitions. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Feb 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/petter.ostrom
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/petterpetethemeat
https://instagram.com/pettermenning
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/petter-menning/32/7ba/b3a
https://twitter.com/PetterMenning
Athlete Website: https://pettermenning.wordpress.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4kaKIwSzMchDWgjOsCAp-A

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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