Riley Fitzsimmons

Riley Fitzsimmons

Fitzsimmons at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1996-07-27) 27 July 1996 (age 29) Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia [1]
Sport
Country	Australia [1]
Sport	Canoe sprint [1]
Event(s)	K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m [1]
Club	Gold Coast [1]
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing   Australia Olympic Games 2024 Paris K-4 500 m World Championships 2017 Račice K-4 1000 m

Riley Fitzsimmons (born 27 July 1996) is an Australian sprint canoeist.

He competed in the men's K-4 1000 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ^[2] and in both the men's K-2 1000 metres and men's K-4 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ^{[3] [4]} He teamed up with Murray Stewart, Lachlan Tame and Jordan Wood in the Men's K-4 500m sprint. The team did well in the heats clocking 1:22.662, came second in the semi-final but couldn't repeat their best time in the final coming sixth behind the eventual winner, Germany. ^[4]

Fitzsimmons was a life-saving champion and started kayaking to improve is surf ski skills. His greatest influence, he believes, is Lachlan Tame, the Australian Olympic bronze medalist. ^[1]

References

1. "Riley Fitzsimmons". Australian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
2. "Riley Fitzsimmons". Rio 2016 Olympics . Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
3. McEwan, Etta (21 April 2021). "The warm up for Tokyo continues". Paddle Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
4. "FITZSIMMONS Riley". Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.

External links

• Riley Fitzsimmons at the International Canoe Federation
• Riley Fitzsimmons at Olympics.com
• Riley Fitzsimmons at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Riley Fitzsimmons at Olympedia