Alick Rennie

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlexander Grant "Alick"•Rennie
Used nameAlick•Rennie
Born28 September 1959
Died4 December 2013 in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal (RSA)
Measurements182 cm / 71 kg
NOC South Africa

Biography

Alick Rennie represented South Africa in slalom canoeing at the 1992 Olympics. He had been among the nations’s top paddlers in the 1980s and 90s, winning several national championships in slalom, and finishing the Dusi Canoe Marathon 12 times. Rennie was also an administrator for canoeing and served as a President of Canoeing South Africa.

Rennie was also passionate about flying and was a qualified pilot with over 3,000 hours flying time. He flew out of the Pietermaritzburg Aero Club where he was a chief flying instructor. But in early December 2013 he and pilot David Grosvenor took off from Underberg to fly to the Oribi Airport in Pietermaritzburg. They did not land as per the flight plan and communication with them was lost. A search ensued and their plane was found several days later with their bodies and the plane intact, but both men had been dead for several days. One of Rennie’s children, Iain, was also a former South African slalom canoeing champion and qualified pilot.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) RSA Alick Rennie
Kayak Singles, Slalom, Men (Olympic) 36

Special Notes