Darryl Fitzgerald

Canoe Sprint, Olympic athlete

1990 –

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Who is Darryl Fitzgerald?

Darryl Stewart Fitzgerald is a New Zealand sprint canoeist. Fitzgerald is a member of Poverty Bay Kayak Club, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympic kayaking champion Ian Ferguson.

Fitzgerald qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Fitzgerald, along with his partner and four-time Olympian Steven Ferguson, finished seventh in the final by seven hundredths of a second behind the Russian pair Ilya Medvedev and Anton Ryakhov, posting their best Olympic time of 3:12.117.

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Born
Aug 9, 1990
Gisborne
Also known as
  • Fitzy
Nationality
  • New Zealand
Profession
Lived in
  • Gisborne

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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