{{short description|American slalom canoeist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ashley Nee | image = Ashley Nee 2018 Team Trials.jpg | image_size = | caption = Nee in 2018 | sport = Canoe slalom | event = K1, Extreme K1 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|06|15}} | birth_place = Darnestown, Maryland, United States | height = 1.63 m | weight = 54 kg | website = | country = {{flag|United States}} | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's canoe slalom}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2015 Toronto|K1}} }}
'''Ashley Nee''' (born June 15, 1989)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ashley-nee |title=Ashley Nee |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806034632/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ashley-nee |archive-date=August 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ashley Nee |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/ashley-nee-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063435/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/ashley-nee-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> is an American slalom kayaker who has competed at the international level since 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashley NEE (USA) |url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_10723n |website=CanoeSlalom.net |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Nee is from Darnestown, Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASHLEY NEE |url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-canoe-kayak/athletes/ashley-nee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000140/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-canoe-kayak/athletes/Ashley-Nee |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |website=TeamUSA.org |access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bs-sp-olympics-whitewater-potomac-0604-20160603-story.html|title=Maryland native Ashley Nee preparing for first Olympics on U.S. canoe and kayak team|last=Walker|first=Childs|date=2016-06-06|work=Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Nee attended Northwest High School. She attended University of Hawaii before transferring to University of Maryland, College Park<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://terp.umd.edu/paddle-to-the-medal/|title=Paddle to the Medal|last=Shih|first=Karin|date=2016-08-02|work=Terp Magazine|access-date=2018-08-02|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809104601/http://terp.umd.edu/paddle-to-the-medal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> to pursue a degree in kinesiology.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/olympics/darnstowns-ashley-nee-moves-on-in-rio/65-291024605|title=Darnstown's Ashley Nee moves on in Rio|last=Roberts|first=Diane|date=2016-08-08|work=WUSA|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Nee was an emergency medical technician in Montgomery County, Maryland.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-athletes-with-maryland-ties-in-the-rio-oly-008-photo.html|title=Ashley Nee, canoe slalom|last=Kim|first=Hairston|work=Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-08 |title=Persistence Pays Off for Olympic Kayaker Ashley Nee |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/persistence-pays-olympic-kayaker-ashley-nee-n625496 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> She won the overall World Cup title in Extreme K1 in 2019. Nee won bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games.<ref name=":1" /> She finished in 14th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outsports.com/2016/8/11/12446792/kayak-american-olympics-ashley-nee-lgbt|title=Out American kayaker Ashley Nee finishes 14th|last=Zeigler|first=Cyd|date=2016-08-11|work=Outsports|access-date=2018-08-02|author-link=Cyd Zeigler}}</ref>
==World Cup individual podiums== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" !Season !Date !Venue !Position !Event |- |rowspan=3| '''2019''' || align=right| 15 June 2019 ||align=left| Lee Valley || bgcolor=cc9966|3rd || Extreme K1 |- | align=right| 23 June 2019 ||align=left| Bratislava || bgcolor=gold|1st || Extreme K1 |- | align=right| 1 September 2019 ||align=left| Markkleeberg || bgcolor=silver|2nd || Extreme K1 |}
== Personal life == Nee is openly gay.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.them.us/story/memo-gay-men-are-not-the-only-queer-olympians-worth-celebrating|title=Memo: Gay Men Are Not The Only Queer Olympians Worth Celebrating|work=them.|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}}</ref> She is married to Ashley McEwan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dbknews.com/2016/08/04/maryland-ashlee-nee-olympics-kayaking/|title=She quit when she didn't make the 2008 Olympics. Now this UMD kayaker is going to Rio.|last=Bernstein|first=Daniel|date=2016-08-04|work=The Diamondback|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/lesben-in-rio-teil-2.html?L=908|title=Noch mehr lesbische Sportlerinnen in Rio|last=Schupp|first=Karin|date=2016-08-07|website=L-Mag|language=de|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref> They met in 2008 while Nee was working at a summer camp.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.athleteally.org/olympic-hopeful-tells-inspiring-story-rediscovering-love-sport/|title=Out Olympic Hopeful Tells Inspiring Story of Rediscovering Love of Her Sport - Athlete Ally|date=2014-03-24|work=Athlete Ally|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref> She moved to Hawaii with her wife in 2008 to get a break from paddling and racing. They moved back to Maryland in 2012.<ref name=":0" />
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