Darryl Stewart Fitzgerald (born 9 August 1990 in
Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist.
Fitzgerald is a member of Poverty Bay Kayak Club, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympic kayaking champion
Ian Ferguson (1984 and 1988).
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Fitzgerald qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in ]London
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, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Fitzgerald, along with his partner and four-time Olympian Steven Ferguson, finished seventh in the final, seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind the Russian pair Ilya Medvedev and Anton Ryakhov, posting their best Olympic time of 3:12.117.
References
External links
Profile – NZ Olympic Team
1990 births
New Zealand male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists of New Zealand
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Gisborne, New Zealand
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