Achievements Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-1 event in Sydney in 2000. Ratcliffe also won three medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K-1 team: 1997) and two bronzes (K-1: 1997, 1999). He won overall World Cup title in K-1 in three consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2000. He is also a two-time European Champion.