Hugh Fisher, (born October 1, 1955) is a

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-born

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sprint kayaker who competed from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. He participated in three

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: in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; in

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; and in 1988 in Seoul, Korea. He was also named to the 1980 Olympic team for Canada, but did not compete due to the Canadian

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of those Games. At the 1984 Games with his racing partner

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, he won two medals, a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events. Fisher and Morris also won medals at the

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with a silver in the K-2 1000 m in 1982 and a bronze in the K-2 500 m in 1983. In 1985, he was awarded the

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for his athletic achievements. In 1985 he was also inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, and as of 2020 is the only sprint canoe or kayak athlete so honoured. He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986, and to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Fisher is currently a medical doctor in the town of

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Northlands Medical Clinic physician profile featuring Fisher.
1955 births Sportspeople from British Columbia Canadian male canoeists New Zealand emigrants to Canada Physicians from British Columbia Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Members of the Order of Canada New Zealand male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{NewZealand-canoe-bio-stub