Riley Fitzsimmons
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 27 July 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||
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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,[1] and in both the men's K-2 1000 metres and men's K-4 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2][3] 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,[3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ "Riley Fitzsimmons". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ McEwan, Etta. "The warm up for Tokyo continues". Paddle Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Canoe Sprint FITZSIMMONS Riley". Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
- ^ "Riley Fitzsimmons". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
External links
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- Riley Fitzsimmons at the International Canoe Federation
- Riley Fitzsimmons at Olympics.com
- Riley Fitzsimmons at Olympedia
- Riley Fitzsimmons at the Australian Olympic Committee
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