Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 AUS Kynan Maley and Robin Jeffery

Kynan Maley (born 13 October 1981 in

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

) is an Australian slalom canoeist. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed in the C-1 event as well as the C-2 event. In C-1 Maley reached the final where he finished in 6th place. He placed in 10th place in C-2 with

Robin Jeffery Robin Jeffery (born 25 August 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretc ...

after being eliminated in the semifinal. Originally from

Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

, but now based at

Penrith, New South Wales Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevati ...

, Maley has attempted to compete at the Olympics since 2000, but Australia's only C-1 slalom canoe position was taken at each games by

Robin Bell Robin Bell (born 16 November 1977 in Cape Town) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C1 event in Beijing in 20 ...

, who won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.

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London 2012 profile
Australian male canoeists 1981 births Living people Olympic canoeists for Australia Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fremantle 21st-century Australian people {{ Australia-canoe-bio-stub