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Ken Wallace (canoeist)

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Nickname(s)
  
Kenny

Weight
  
90 kg

Other name
  
Kenny

Height
  
1.9 m

Partner
  
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Full name
  
Kenneth Maxwell Wallace

Born
  
26 July 1983 (age 33) (
1983-07-26
)
Gosford, New South Wales

Club
  
Currumbin Creek Canoe Club

Coached by
  
Jimmy Owens (2000 – current)

Gold medal
  
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres

Similar
  
Tim Brabants, Adam van Koeverden, Eirik Verås Larsen

Profiles

Kenneth Maxwell "Ken" Wallace, OAM (born 26 July 1983) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s, winning gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at several World Championships.

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Career

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Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen. Two years later he was the K-1 1000 m junior world champion in Curitiba, Brazil.

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In 2006, with Australian number one Nathan Baggaley serving a doping ban, Wallace was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, where he placed fifth in the K-1 1000 m final.

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In 2007, Wallace at the ICF World Championships held in Duisburg, Germany placed 4th in the K-1 1000m Final. This result qualified Australia a berth at the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Wallace won two medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with gold in the K-1 500 m and bronze in the K-1 1000 m events. He also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 5000 m: 2010) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 2009).

In February 2011, Wallace competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.

References

Ken Wallace (canoeist) Wikipedia