Cameron Smedley

Cameron Smedley

Smedley at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Cameron Smedley
Nationality Canadian
Born (1990-10-09) October 9, 1990
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Residence Ottawa, Ontario
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport Canoe slalom
Event(s) C-1, C-2
Club Ottawa River Runners[3]
Coached by Michal Staniszewski (national)[3]

Cameron Smedley (born October 9, 1990) is a canoe/kayak whitewater slalom athlete who competes as a member of the Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Team.[4] He competes in the C-1 class (single boat Canadian canoe) as well as C-2 (pair boat Canadian canoe) with his team partner Ben Hayward.[5]

Smedley was born to James Smedley and Sherri Audet. He has an older sister Alison and a younger brother Liam, who is also a member of the canoe slalom national team. He took up canoeing as a child following his parents, and started competing aged 13. In 2005 he was included to the national junior team, and in 2008 placed ninth at the Junior World Championships.[1][3] He competed in his first senior level ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in 2009 (La Seu d'Urgell, Spain). He attended West Carleton Secondary School in Dunrobin, Ontario, and graduated in 2008. He is currently attending Carleton University, and is enrolled in Mechanical Engineering.[6]

In June 2016, Smedley was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[7] He finished 15th in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cameron Smedley.
  1. 1 2 Cameron Smedley. olympic.ca
  2. 1 2 Cameron Smedley. rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 3 Cameron Smedley. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Senior Elite Teram". Canoe Kayak Canada.
  5. "Canoe Slalom Competitor Index". flechtner.de. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08.
  6. "Cameron Smedley". SmedleyCanoe. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09.
  7. "Cameron Smedley and Michael Tayler meet the mark for Olympic Selection". www.canoekayak.ca/. Canoe Kayak Canada. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.


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