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). Fitzgerald qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the

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, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in

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. Fitzgerald, along with his partner and four-time Olympian

Steven Ferguson Steven Sean Ferguson (born 8 May 1980) is a sprint canoeist, surf lifesaver and former swimmer from New Zealand. Ferguson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of four-time Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist Ian Ferguson. Steven Fer ...

, finished seventh in the final, seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind the Russian pair Ilya Medvedev and

Anton Ryakhov Anton Ryakhov (born May 29, 1980) is an Uzbek-born Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-1 200 m: 2002, K-1 500 m: 200 ...

, posting their best Olympic time of 3:12.117.

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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 {{NewZealand-canoe-bio-stub