Jacob Peter Clear (born 18 January 1985) is an Australian
sprint canoeist who competed in the late 2000s. At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-2 500 m event. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Australian
Kayak Four (K4) 1000m team in the
London Olympics 2012
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.
Clear was a life-saving nipper from the age of 5 and began
kayaking
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at the age of 21. His early achievements are documented on the
Olympics
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website.
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1985 births
Australian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Australia
Australian Institute of Sport canoeists
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
21st-century Australian people
Sportspeople from Sydney
Sportsmen from New South Wales
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