Nationality Lebanese Weight 57 kg (126 lb) Sport Canoeing | Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Country Lebanon | |
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Born 10 October 1988 (age 28) ( 1988-10-10 ) Coached by Zlatan Ibrahimbegovic
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Richard Merjan (born 10 November 1988) is a Lebanese-Australian slalom canoeist.
Merjan took up canoeing in 2001 at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2003 started training with the Australian national team. He holds a dual Australian-Lebanese citizenship, and since 2009 competes for Lebanon. He missed qualifications for the 2012 Olympics due to a bad cut to his hand sustained in 2011. In 2016, he became the first Lebanese slalom canoeist to compete at Olympics. He finished last in the C-1 event.
Merjan has a degree in commerce, finance and language studies from the Deakin University. He works as a flight analyst for an Australian airline.
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