Riley Fitzsimmons
Australian canoeist (born 1996)
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Riley Fitzsimmons (born 27 July 1996) is an Australian sprint canoeist.
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Fitzsimmons at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 July 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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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 began kayaking as a mean of improving his surf ski performance. He has cited Australian Olympic bronze medalist Lachlan Tame as his greatest influence.[1]
