Biography
Liam SMEDLEY
 CANOE KAYAK CANADA
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| 20/03/1995 | |
| 185 | |
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| other members of the team: |
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Yannick LAVIOLETTE | |
| Jakob KRYWORUCHKO | |||
| NICKNAME: |
Big Cat
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| HOBBIES: |
Cross-country skiing, maple syrup brewing, canoe tripping.
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| PREFERRED POSITION / STANCE / STYLE / TECHNIQUE: |
Left side paddling
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| SPORTING RELATIVES: |
Cameron Smedley, Brother and Pan-American Games Silver Medalist
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| WEBSITE: | http://www.smedleycanoe.ca | |
| FACEBOOK: |
https://www.facebook.com/CanoeSmedley
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| TWITTER: |
https://twitter.com/LiamSmedleyC1
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| YOUTUBE: |
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6noKEmAd40LSCrS5j70opg
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| INSTAGRAM: |
https://instagram.com/smedleycanoe/
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| OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA: |
https://vimeo.com/smedleycanoe
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| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: |
Ottawa, Ontario
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| OCCUPATION: |
Student
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| LANGUAGES: |
English, French
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| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: |
2003 on the Ottawa river in my very own Dagger Blast!
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| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: |
Runs in the family. My parents are avid whitewater canoeists, and our
mother a former canoe slalom competitor in Canada. My older brother, Cameron,
and Sister, Alison, picked up the sport in 2004 and I followed suit!
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| TRAINING PARTNER(S): |
Cameron Smedley, Ben Hayward
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| SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS: |
Beers at the Rochester after a trip [Rochester]
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| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: |
Paddle faster, I hear banjo music
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| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: |
Liptovsky Mikulas
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| FAVOURITE FOOD: |
All breakfast food
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| FAVOURITE MUSIC: |
90's Rap
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| AMBITIONS : |
Qualify for a world Cup Final, and U23 World Championships Final. Practice
as an engineer & architect.
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| CLUB: |
Ottawa River Runners (ORR)
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| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: |
Michal Staniszewski
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Canadian, Polish
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| SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?: |
2013
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: |
2009
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: |
Canada
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: |
Pan-American Championships
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: |
Kananaskis, Alberta
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| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: |
Winning the Oceania Open 2015 after shoulder surgery. This was my first
race back into the competitive circuit and it was a phenomenal feeling to take
away a win after enduring 4 months of rehab following surgery.
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| OTHER INFORMATION: |
Canoe Kayak Canada - Whitewater Assistant Athlete Representative.
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2018 ICF JUNIOR & U23 CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Jul 17 9:15 |
Men's C1x3 U23 Final |
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13
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136.86
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Jul 18 9:00 |
Men's C1 U23 Heats |
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35
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93.52
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Jul 18 11:02 |
Men's C1 U23 Heats |
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21
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95.74
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