Ken Wallace

For the English cricketer, see Ken Wallace (cricketer).

Medal record
Ken Wallace
Men's canoe sprint
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
Bronze	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 500 m

Ken (Kenneth) 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 188cm (6'2") tall and weighs 89kg (196lbs).

References

• Canoe09.ca profile
• Australian Canoe Federation profile
• Sports-reference.com profile