Ian Mortimer (canoeist)
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Ian Mortimer (born 13 March 1983) is a
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sprint canoer who has competed in the World Canoe Championships and trains with the sprint canoe national team of Canada. Mortimer is a member of the
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in
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, along with his brother
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, who is also a national team member, but in
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. Mortimer competed for Team Canada at the 2005
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, in
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, where his team finished fifth in the four-man 1000 meter event, four tenths of a second from the
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, and ninth in the four-man 500 meter event. He has also won a gold medal at the Canadian Junior Championship (two-man 500 meter), and won a World Cup event in Rezice during the 2004 season.


See also

* List of canoe/kayak athletes by country


External links


The roster for the 2005-2006 Canadian Sprint Canoe and Kayak TeamBrief bio2005 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championship results
, PDF file 1983 births Canadian male canoeists Living people Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{canada-canoe-bio-stub