Thomas Anthony Green (born 3 June 1999) is an Australian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

. He won a gold medal in the K2 1000 metres event at the

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, competing alongside

Jean van der Westhuyzen Jean van der Westhuyzen (born 9 December 1998) is a South African-born Australian sprint canoeist. He was educated at Michaelhouse, Balgowan, KwaZulu Natal. He won a gold medal in the K2 1000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competi ...

. He also competed in the K1 1000 metres in Tokyo, finishing in seventh place. In 2018, he won the K2 1000m with Joel McKitterick at the World Under 23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and followed it up with wins in the 2019 Championships in Pitesti, Romania in the Under 23 K1 1000m and K4 500m events. Green was only 10 years old when he started kayaking at the

Currumbin Currumbin ( ) is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currumbin had a population of 2,920 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pacif ...

Creek Canoe Club. He was encouraged to concentrate on flat-water paddling. He competed at the

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n Canoe Sprint Championships, winning eleven medals, three of which were gold medals. In the

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Green was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Thomas 1999 births Living people Australian male canoeists Sportsmen from Queensland Olympic canoeists for Australia Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in canoeing Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 21st-century Australian people