Eli Helbert
  Solo Open Canoe
World Champion Extreme Canoe Racer
U.S. Open Canoe Slalom X-Class Champion
(3x) Whitewater Rodeo/Freestyle World Champion




First Place Finishes & Awards

2007 U.S. Freestyle Kayak National Championships OC-1: ASCI, Deep Creek, MD

2006 World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking OC-1: Ottawa & Black River Legs, Ottawa & NY

2006 ACA U.S. National Open Canoe Slalom X-boat: Nantahala River, NC

 2005 Upper Gauley Animal Race Downriver: OC-1 Summersville, WV

2004 Missouri Whitewater Championships Slalom:  OC-1 Expert (Men),  St. Francis River, Missouri

World Champion Solo Open Canoe Freestyle (Whitewater Rodeo):  2001 World Cup, Sort, Catalonia, Spain

World Champion Extreme Canoe Racer: 2001 Campeonato del Mundo Extrem, Tavascan, Catalonia, Spain

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 2001 Potomac Whitewater Festival, Great Falls, Maryland

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: NOWR 2000 RiversLiv Point Series

1st Place (Tie) Solo Open Canoe: 2000 Outdoorplay.com Freestyle Championship Series

1st Place Solo Open Canoe:  Ottawa River Rodeo: 2-4 September 2000 Bryson, Quebec

1st Place Solo Open Canoe:  South Bend Freestyle Championship: 18-20 August 2000 South Bend, Indiana

1. Platz Hotdoggen, Open Canoe:  Augsburger Wildwasserodeo: 2000 Augsburg, Germany

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Lofer Whitewater Rodeo: 2000 Lofer, Austria

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Plattling Whitewater Rodeo: 2000 Plattling, Germany

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Potomac Whitewater Festival: 2000 Great Falls, Maryland

World Champion Solo Open Canoe Freestyle (Whitewater Rodeo): 1999 World Cup, Ngaawapurua Rapids, Taupo, NZ

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Hole Riding: 1999 Wausau River Rodeo, Wisconsin

1st Place Solo Decked Canoe: Freestyle Through Rapid: 1999 Wausau Rodeo, Wisconsin

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Freestyle Through Rapid: 1999 Wausau Rodeo, Wisconsin

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Freestyle Through Rapid: 1999 Ocoee Rodeo, Tennessee

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1999 Bigfork White Water Festival, Montana

1st Open Canoe Descent: 1999, Teacups of the Kern, Dry Meadow Creek, California

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1999 Kern River Festival Rodeo, California

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1999 Oregon Cup, Oregon

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: Hole Riding: 1998 Ocoee River Rodeo, Tennessee

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1998 Wausau River Rodeo, Wisconsin

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1998 Coosa River Rodeo, Alabama

1st Place Solo Open Canoe: 1997 Green River Narrows Race, North Carolina

Most Valuable Paddler: 1997 Southeastern Intercollegiate Whitewater Championship

Most Valuable Paddler: 1997 Intercollegiate Styrofoam Cup

Most Valuable Paddler: 1997-1998 Warren Wilson College Whitewater Team

Graduating Senior Work Award: 1997-1998 Warren Wilson College

Eagle Scout: 1994, and Vigil Honor: 1993 Boy Scouts of America

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