Kenneth Maxwell Wallace (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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| Full name | Kenneth Maxwell Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kenny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1983[1] Gosford, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1999 - 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Surf Life Saving, Sprint Canoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tugun Surf Life Saving Club, Currumbin Creek Canoe Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Australian Olympic Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Lachlan Tame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | David Smith Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood Jacob Clear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jimmy Owens (2000 – current) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Beijing 2008 - K1 1000m & 500m
London 2012 - K2 1000m Rio 2016 - K2 1000 & K4 1000m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBorn in Gosford, New South Wales, Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen.[citation needed] 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.[3] 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.[4]
In February 2011, Wallace competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
References
edit- ↑ "Ken Wallace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Ken Wallace". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ken Wallace". corporate.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ken Wallace". ICF – Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.