Jason McCoombs (born April 24, 1993) is a

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ist. His home club is the Banook Canoe Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. As a 16-year-old at the 2009 Canada Games McCoombs represented

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where he won three gold medals, two individually in the 200 and 500 m, as well as one in the C-2 1000 m. He won another three gold medals at the 2010 Junior Pan American Canoe Championships in

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in the C-1 200m, 500m and the C-2 200m. In addition he won two silver medals in the C-1 1000m and C-4 1000m. McCoombs competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the C-1 200 metres event placing 12th. At the 2013 Under-23 World Championships in Niagara he claimed the silver medal in the C-1 200m.World Sprint Championships U23 C1 200m
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profile of Jason McCoombs 1993 births Canadian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Sportspeople from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{canada-canoe-bio-stub