Ken Wallace
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Competitor for  Australia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | K-1 500 m |
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | K-1 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2010 Poznań | K-1 5000 m |
| Gold | 2013 Duisburg | K-1 5000 m |
| Silver | 2013 Duisburg | K-1 1000 m |
| Bronze | 2009 Dartmouth | K-1 500 m |
Kenneth "Ken" Wallace (born 26 July 1983 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s.
Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen. Two years later he was K-1 1000 m junior world champion in Curitiba, Brazil.
In 2006, with Australian number one Nathan Baggaley serving a drugs ban, Wallace was selected to represent Australia at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary, where he placed fifth in the K-1 1000 m final.
In 2007, Wallace at the ICF World Championships held in Duisburg, Germany placed 4th in the K-1 1000m Final. This result qualified Australia a birth at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Wallace won two medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with gold in the K-1 500 m and bronze in the K-1 1000 m events. He also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 5000 m: 2010) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 2009).
In February 2011, Wallace competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
Wallace is 188 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 89 kg (196 lbs).
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Nathan Deakes and Anna Meares |
Australian Athlete of the Year 2008 (with Heath Francis) |
Succeeded by Emma Moffatt and Brenton Rickard |
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