Bernadette Wallace
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Australia| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1989[1] New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Canoe sprint |
Bernadette Wallace (born 1989) is an Australian canoeist.[2] She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed in the Women's C-1 200 metres and with Josephine Bulmer in the Women's C-2 500 metres.[3] They were unable to progress past the quarterfinals of the women’s C-1 200m, while they finished 13th as a pair in the C-2 500m.[4]
Ken Wallace, Bernadette Wallace's brother, was a major influence in her taking up kayaking. He made history when he became Australia's most successful male Olympian at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, winning two gold medals in the K1 500 and 1000 events.
In her youth Wallace was a keen sportswomen with a full roster of sports including swimming, surf lifesaving and figure skating, She still found time to get along to a nearby creek and try kayaking. Wallace then focused on kayaking and made her senior international debut a few years later.[5]
