Ken Wallace (canoeist)

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Ken Wallace
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Personal information
Full nameKenneth Maxwell Wallace
NicknameKenny
Born (1983-07-26) 26 July 1983 (age 40) [1]
Gosford, New South Wales
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Weight91 kg (201 lb) [2]
Sport
ClubTugun Surf Life Saving Club, Currumbin Creek Canoe Club
Partner Lachlan Tame
Coached byJimmy Owens (2000 – current)
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing K-1 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing K-1 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Poznań K-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Duisburg K-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Milan K-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Racice K-4 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Duisburg K-1 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Milan K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Dartmouth K-1 500 m
Updated on 18 July 2018.

Kenneth Maxwell Wallace, OAM [3] (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

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.

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.

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.

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. [4] 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).

He was awarded the Order of Australia in 2009. [5]

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Ken Wallace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ken Wallace". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wallace, Kenneth Maxwell – Medal of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ken Wallace". corporate.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ken Wallace". ICF – Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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Preceded by Australian Athlete of the Year
2008 (with Heath Francis)		Succeeded by
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