Biography
Kenny WALLACE
Kenny WALLACE
PADDLE AUSTRALIA PADDLE AUSTRALIA
Male
26/07/1983
 
 
Athlete entered in:
other members of the team: Lachlan TAME
other members of the team: barco Jacob CLEAR
Jordan WOOD
Riley FITZSIMMONS
other members of the team: Lachlan TAME
other members of the team: barco Lachlan TAME
Jordan WOOD
Daniel BOWKER
 
NICKNAME:   Walrus, Kenny (canoe.org.au, 2015; wsj.com, 12 Jul 2012)
PREV. NAMES:   Ken WALLACE
OTHER SPORTS:   He has competed in surf lifesaving at elite level. (canoe.org.au, 2015)
DEBUT:   2000 World Cup, Germany
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
OCCUPATION:   Athlete, Lifeguard
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   He began paddling at age 16 at the Currumbin Creek Canoe Club in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:   He originally tried the sport to help his surf ski leg for ironman competitions. "I didn’t really know what kayaking was. All I knew was that it was similar to the ski leg in the ironman series."
HERO/IDOL:   Australian sprint paddler Clint Robinson. (olympics.com.au, 09 May 2015)
SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS:   He listens to music before a race in order to relax. (canoe.org.au, 2015)
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO:   "Winners always want the ball when the game is on the line." (canoe.org.au, 2015)
AWARDS AND HONORS:   He was named the International Canoe Federation's [ICF] Athlete of the Month in April 2011. (canoe.org.au, 2015) <BR><BR>Following his success at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he was named the 2008 Australian Institute of Sport [AIS] Sportsman of the Year, the 2008 Gold Coast Sportsman of the Year and the 2008 Sydney Sunday Telegraph Sportsman of the Year. He also received an Order of Australia Medal [OAM] in 2009. (canoe.org.au, 2015)
CLUB:   Currumbin Creek Canoe Club: Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
NAME OF COACH:   Jimmy Owens [national], AUS
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:   Winning a gold medal and a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (canoe.org.au, 2015)
OTHER INFORMATION:   In August 2012 he was elected to the Australian Olympic Committee [AOC] Athletes' Commission for a four-year term. (canoe.org.au, 14 Aug 2012))
  He has a tattoo of the Olympic rings on his right forearm. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 16 Mar 2016)
2018 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CUP 1
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Jun 3
11:05
 
Men's 200m K2 SENIOR
Heats 1
AUS AUS
2
00:00:34.820
Jun 3
11:35
 
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR
Heats 1
AUS AUS
1
00:03:26.156
Jun 4
12:00
 
Men's 200m K2 SENIOR
Final A
AUS AUS
4
00:00:33.004
Jun 4
12:35
 
Men's 1000m K2 SENIOR
Final A
AUS AUS
2
00:03:20.956
Jun 4
16:23
 
Men's 1000m K4 SENIOR
Heats 2
AUS AUS
1
00:03:10.460
Jun 5
11:10
 
Men's 1000m K4 SENIOR
Final A
AUS AUS
2
00:02:53.980
Jun 5
14:50
 
Men's 200m K4 SENIOR
Final A
AUS AUS
7
00:00:33.416
Jun 5
16:00
 
Men's 5000m K1 SENIOR
Final A
AUS Kenny WALLACE
1
00:20:43.590



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