Please answer the following question: Facts:   - sport: canoe slalom    - event: k-1      - birth date: 16 february 1971    - name: lynn simpson    - nationality: british    - birth place: scarborough , north yorkshire , england   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lynn simpson .
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lynn simpson -lrb- born 16 february 1971 in scarborough , north yorkshire -rrb- is a british slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s .she won four medals at the icf canoe slalom world championships with a gold -lrb- k-1 : 1995 -rrb- , a silver -lrb- k-1 team : 1995 -rrb- , and two bronzes -lrb- k-1 team : 1993 , 1997 -rrb- .she also won the world cup series in three consecutive seasons between 1994 and 1996 .simpson also competed in two summer olympics , earning her best finish of tenth in the k-1 event in barcelona in 1992 .