Jacob Peter Clear (born 18 January 1985) is an Australian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 2000s. At the

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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

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. Clear was a life-saving nipper from the age of 5 and began

kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits faci ...

at the age of 21. His early achievements are documented on the

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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 {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub