Name: Ria Sribar

Sport: American Canoe

Discipline(s): Canoe Slalom

Height: 5-9

Weight: 143

DOB: 10/13/2002

Birthplace: Palo Alto, Calif.

Hometown: Auburn, Calif.

High School: US Performance Academy

Team/Club: Potomac Whitewater Racing Club

Youth Olympic Games Experience

• Buenos Aires 2018

Other Career Highlights

• 2021 Olympic Team Trials: 1st (CSLX), 2nd (K1)
• 2021 U23 World Championships: 3rd (K1)
• 2020 World Cup (Tacen, Slovenia): 3rd (CSLX), 15th (K1)
• 2020 World Cup (Pau, France): 15th (K1)
• 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom Junior World Championship, 5th (K1x3)
• 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom Junior World Championship, 6th (K1x3)

Personal: Daughter of Sara and Rok, who also paddle...Hobbies include skiing, swimming, backpacking and cooking....Ria paddled the entire Grand Canyon in a slalom boat at the age of 11...By age 16 she has kayaked on four continents: North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania...She learned 4 languages by the age of 3. She is fluent in English and Slovenian....Before competing in slalom kayaking, Ria competed in synchronized swimming and alpine skiing

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