Stephen Bird
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australia |
| Born |
11 May 1988 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Residence |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event(s) | Sprint canoe |
| Club | Canning River Canoe Club[1] |
| Coached by | Ramon Andersson[1] |
Stephen Bird (born May 11, 1988 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) is a South African-born Australian sprint canoeist.[1][2] He is a three-time national champion (2010, 2011, and 2012) in the men's kayak doubles (200 m), and a member of the Canning River Canoe Club in Perth, Western Australia, under his personal coach Ramon Andersson.[1][3] Bird is also a commerce graduate at Curtin University.[3]
Bird qualified for the men's K-2 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales.[4][5] Bird and his partner Jesse Phillips finished sixth in the final by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind the Argentine pair Miguel Correa and Rubén Voisard, with a time of 35.315 seconds.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Stephen Bird". London 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Stephen Bird". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Australian Olympic Team – Stephen Bird". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Phillips and Bird fly with a winning formula". Infostrada Sports (Oceania Canoe Federation). 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "London 2012 – Young guns win on bumper final day". Australian Olympic Committee. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m Final A". London 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Russia destroy field to take men's K2 200". ABC News Australia. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.