Riley Fitzsimmons (born 27 July 1996) is an Australian

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. He competed in the men's K-4 1000 metres at the

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, and in both the men's K-2 1000 metres and men's K-4 500 metres at the

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. He teamed up with

Murray Stewart Murray Scott Stewart (born 2 July 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is an Australian kayaker. Stewart qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and teamed up with Riley Fitzsimmons, Lachlan Tame and Jordan Wood in the Men's K-4 500m sprint ...

, Lachlan Tame and

Jordan Wood Jordan Wood (born 1 August 1994) is an Australian canoeist. He competed in the men's K-2 200 metres and men's K-4 1000 metres events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Wood teamed up with Lachlan Tame, Murray Stewart and Riley Fitzsimmons in the ...

in the Men's K-4 500m sprint. The team did well in the heats clocking 1:22.662, came second in the semi-final but couldn't repeat their best time in the final coming sixth behind the eventual winner, Germany, Fitzsimmons was a life-saving champion and started

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to improve is surf ski skills. His greatest influence, he believes, is Lachlan Tame, the

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bronze medalist.

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* * * 1996 births Living people Australian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Australia Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub