Jason McCoombs

Who is Jason McCoombs?

Jason McCoombs is a Canadian sprint canoeist.

His home club is the Banook Canoe Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. As a 16 year old at the 2009 Canada Games McCoombs represented Nova Scotia where he won three gold medals, two individually in the 200 and 500 m, as well as one in the C-2 1000 m. He won another three gold medals at the 2010 Junior Pan American Canoe Championships in Mexico in the C-1 200m, 500m and the C-2 200m. In addition he won two silver medals in the C-1 1000m and C-4 1000m.

McCoombs competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the C-1 200 metres event placing 12th. At the 2013 Under-23 World Championships in Niagara he claimed the silver medal in the C-1 200m.