Shaun Rubenstein

Shaun Rubenstein

Shaun Rubenstein Olympic canoeist, who represented South Africa at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.

He has been competing internationally at senior level since 2002. As a junior canoeist, Rubenstein competed in all forms of the sport, from sprints to river marathons. He was a member of the South African junior sprint and flat-water marathon teams, competing internationally. His best junior result was at the 2001 World Marathon Champs where he won a bronze medal in the K-1 event.

In 2004, Shaun placed third at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Bergen, Norway. In September 2006, Shaun competed in both the K-1 event, where he won the gold medal, and the K2 event, where he won the silver medal with his partner Shaun Biggs, at the World Marathon Championships in Tremolat,

Shaun holds a BCom degree in Sports Management through the University of Johannesburg and an MBL (Master of Business Leadership) from the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership.