Lachlan Tame

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Lachlan Tame
Personal information
Born (1988-11-14) 14 November 1988 (age 34)
Gosford, New South Wales
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Partner Ken Wallace
Coached byJimmy Owens (2013 – current)

Lachlan Tame (born 14 November 1988) is an Australian canoe sprinter. Tame teamed up with Jordan Wood, Murray Stewart and Riley Fitzsimmons in the men's K-4 500m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The team came second in their heat with a time of 1.22:662. In their semi-final they rowed quite a bit slower but still managed to come second and qualify for the final. They couldn't keep up their good form and came sixth in the final, nearly 3 seconds behind the eventual winner, Germany. [1]

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Early years

Tame joined the Avoca Beach SLSC as a five-year-old. He has the nickname ‘Lachie' He began ski paddling at the age of 18. He always had ambitions of qualifying for Olympic Games.

Tame won the single ski event at the 2011 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. In 2014 he partnered with Beijing 2008 Olympics gold medalist Ken Wallace to win the World Championships silver in the K2 1000 metres. [2]

Achievements

Tame won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in the K2 1000m alongside Olympic champion Ken Wallace.

Based at the Avoca surf club, Tame had a $5000 bet with a mate that he could not make the London Olympics. [3]

Tame was inducted into the Surf Life Saving Australia Hall of Fame in 2015. [4] Widely considered as the most dominant ski paddler of his generation, Tame won four consecutive single ski, two lifesaver relays a double ski and a ski relay titles at the Australian Surf-Lifesaving Championships.

He is a two time member of the Australian Surf Life Saving Team and a three time member of the Australian Men's Kayak Team.

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References

  1. "Lachlan TAME". Olympics.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. "Lachlan Tame". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. Riccio, David (13 August 2016). "Australian kayaker Lachlan Tame's incredible path to the Rio Olympics". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. Djodan, Samuel (25 October 2015). "Tame inducted into SLSA Hall of Fame".
  5. "BACK TO BACK SILVER MEDALS FOR WALLACE AND TAME ‹ Australian Canoeing". canoe.org.au. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.