Description
Kenneth "Ken" Wallace is an Australian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s.
Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen. Two years later he was K-1 1000 m junior world champion in Curitiba, Brazil.
In 2006, with Australian number one Nathan Baggaley serving a drugs ban, Wallace was selected to represent Australia at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary, where he placed fifth in the K-1 1000 m final.
In 2007, Wallace at the ICF World Championships held in Duisburg, Germany placed 4th in the K-1 1000m Final. This result qualified Australia a birth at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Wallace won two medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with gold in the K-1 500 m and bronze in the K-1 1000 m events. He also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and a bronze.
In February 2011, Wallace competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
Wallace is 188 cm tall and weighs 89 kg.
Born
July 26th, 1983 in Gosford, New South Wales (Age 41)
Last Changes
2008/08/25
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2008/08/25
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