Riley Fitzsimmons

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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]
SportCanoe sprint[1]
Event(s)
K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m[1]
ClubGold Coast[1]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ a b "FITZSIMMONS Riley". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
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