Ken Wallace

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• Sport Canoe/Kayak- Flatwater
• Event K1 1000m/ K1 500m
• Date of Birth 26.07.1983
• Height 192cm
• Weight 91kg
• Discipline Flatwater Kayak
• State Queensland
• Coaches Jimmy Owens, Glen Workman
• Scholarships Australian Institute of Sport/Queensland Academy of Sport
• Club/s Currumbin Creek Canoe Club/Tugun Surf Life Saving Club
• Other Sports Surf Life Saving
• Olympic Results Gold Medal K1 500m (Beijing 2008), Bronze Medal K1 1000m
• Other Sporting achievements Junior World Champion 2001 K1 1000m



Sporting Results

• 2008 Olympic Games – Beijing, China
• Gold K1 500m, Bronze K1 1000m
• 2008 World Cup 3 – Poznan, Poland
• Bronze K1 500m, Fourth K1 1000m
• 2008 Australian Championships (Olympic Trials)
• Gold K1 500m, Gold K1 1000m, Silver K2 1000m (First Australians)
• 2007 Pre-Olympic Regatta – Beijing, China
• Silver K1 500m, Fourth K1 1000m
• 2007 World Championships – Duisburg, Germany
• Fourth K1 1000m
• 2001 Junior World Championships – Brazil
• Gold K1 1000m



Awards

• 2006 Top 16 Most Successful Competitors in Surf Life Saving History
• 2008 Most Successful Male Athlete at the Beijing Olympic Games
• 2008 Top 100 Australian Olympic Athletes in History
• 2008 Sydney Telegraph Sportsman of the Year
• 2008 Australian Institute of Sport Sportsman of the Year
• 2008 Gold Coast Sportsman of the Year
• 2009 Order of Australia Medal (OAM)