Richard Dalton

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Richard Dalton (born August 27, 1979 in Cork, Ireland) is a Canadian canoeist. He is a student at St. Mary's University. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 world championships in Seville, Spain in the C2 1000 m event with his C2 partner Michael Scarola. In 2005, following Scarola's retirement from competition, Dalton won a bronze medal in C1 1000 m at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

He also won a C2 silver medal at the 2000 world marathon championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The distance at a marathon event varies between 36 and 40km.

[edit] 2004 Summer Olympics

Dalton competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's 500 metre individual canoe and 1000 metre men's pair canoe.

He placed third in his initial heat of the 500 metre with a time of 1:50.005, qualifying for the semifinals. In the semifinal, he finished third with a time of 1:51.027, advancing to the final. There, Dalton finished in 1:48.103, placing sixth.

Along with teammate Michael Scarola, Dalton placed fourth in the initial heat of the 1000 metre pairs with a time of 3:31.123. Dalton and Scarola then placed second in the semifinal with a time of 3:32.280, advancing to the final. Their final time was 3:45.638, placing them sixth.