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Born | Darnestown, Maryland, United States | June 15, 1989||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||
Event | K1, Extreme K1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashley Nee (born June 15, 1989) [1] [2] is an American slalom kayaker who has competed at the international level since 2004. [3]
Nee is from Darnestown, Maryland. [4] She began paddling after a chance encounter at Valley Mill Camp at the age of 10 and participated in racing when she was 12 years old. [5] Nee attended Northwest High School. She attended University of Hawaii before transferring to University of Maryland, College Park [6] to pursue a degree in kinesiology. [7] Nee was an emergency medical technician in Montgomery County, Maryland. [8]
Nee trains at the Dickerson Whitewater Course. In 2008, Nee qualified the berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics but was unable to win the spot due to a shoulder injury. [9] She won the overall World Cup title in Extreme K1 in 2019. Nee won bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games. [8] She finished in 14th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [10]
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2019 | 15 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 3rd | Extreme K1 |
23 June 2019 | Bratislava | 1st | Extreme K1 | |
1 September 2019 | Markkleeberg | 2nd | Extreme K1 |
Nee is openly gay. [10] [11] She is married to Ashley McEwan. [12] [13] They met in 2008 while Nee was working at a summer camp. [14] She moved to Hawaii with her wife in 2008 to get a break from paddling and racing. They moved back to Maryland in 2012. [5]
![]() Nee in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Darnestown, Maryland, United States | June 15, 1989||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||
Event | K1, Extreme K1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashley Nee (born June 15, 1989) [1] [2] is an American slalom kayaker who has competed at the international level since 2004. [3]
Nee is from Darnestown, Maryland. [4] She began paddling after a chance encounter at Valley Mill Camp at the age of 10 and participated in racing when she was 12 years old. [5] Nee attended Northwest High School. She attended University of Hawaii before transferring to University of Maryland, College Park [6] to pursue a degree in kinesiology. [7] Nee was an emergency medical technician in Montgomery County, Maryland. [8]
Nee trains at the Dickerson Whitewater Course. In 2008, Nee qualified the berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics but was unable to win the spot due to a shoulder injury. [9] She won the overall World Cup title in Extreme K1 in 2019. Nee won bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games. [8] She finished in 14th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [10]
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2019 | 15 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 3rd | Extreme K1 |
23 June 2019 | Bratislava | 1st | Extreme K1 | |
1 September 2019 | Markkleeberg | 2nd | Extreme K1 |
Nee is openly gay. [10] [11] She is married to Ashley McEwan. [12] [13] They met in 2008 while Nee was working at a summer camp. [14] She moved to Hawaii with her wife in 2008 to get a break from paddling and racing. They moved back to Maryland in 2012. [5]