Cameron "Cam" Smedley (born October 9, 1990) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006.[4] Smedley competes as a member of the Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Team.[5] He competes in the C1 class (single boat Canadian canoe). Until 2015 he also competed in C2 (pair boat Canadian canoe) with his partner Ben Hayward.
.jpg) Smedley at the 2019 Canoe slalom world championships | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cameron Smedley | |||||||||||
| Born | October 9, 1990 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1] | |||||||||||
| Home town | Ottawa, Ontario | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||
| Event | C1, C2 | |||||||||||
| Club | Ottawa River Runners[3] | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Michal Staniszewski (national)[3] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editSmedley was born to James Smedley and Sherri Audet. He has an older sister Alison and a younger brother Liam, who is also a member of the canoe slalom national team. He took up canoeing as a child following his parents and started competing aged 13. In 2005 he was included to the national junior team and in 2008 placed ninth at the Junior World Championships.[1][3] He competed in his first senior level ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in 2009 (La Seu d'Urgell, Spain). He attended West Carleton Secondary School in Dunrobin, Ontario, and graduated in 2008. He is currently attending Carleton University, and is enrolled in Mechanical Engineering.[6]
In June 2016, Smedley was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[7] He finished 15th in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2][8]
Cameron finished in 9th place at the 2019 World Championships, earning Canada and himself a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] He finished in 16th place in the C1 event after being eliminated in the heats.[10]
World Cup individual podiums
edit| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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| 2009 | 3 Aug 2009 | Kananaskis | 1st | C21 |
- 1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points
References
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- ^ a b Cameron Smedley. olympic.ca
- ^ a b Cameron Smedley Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Cameron Smedley Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Profile and results". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Senior Elite Teram". Canoe Kayak Canada.
- ^ "Cameron Smedley". SmedleyCanoe. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09.
- ^ "Cameron Smedley and Michael Tayler meet the mark for Olympic Selection". www.canoekayak.ca/. Canoe Kayak Canada. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Qualifying for Tokyo Olympics an unprecedented challenge because of COVID-19". torontosun. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Results (Tokyo 2020)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
