Callum Gilbert

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Callum Gilbert (born 15 January 1996) is a New Zealand slalom canoeist [1] who has competed at the international level since 2013. [2]

Gilbert represented apples New Zealand in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he finished 23rd after being eliminated in the heats. [3] His selection followed a strong performance on the 2019 ICF World Cup Tour, where he made it to three of the four semifinals, with the best result of fifth-place. This result was the best kiwi male finish in a World Cup K1 event. Gilbert gave up his job as a software engineer to focus on qualifying for the Olympics. [4] Gilbert had just missed out on qualifying for the 2016 Olympics at the last race before selection, missed out on a final at a World Cup event in 2019 by .01 of a second.

He was educated at Tauranga Boys' College, and lives by Okere Falls, by the shores of Lake Rotoiti, in the Bay of Plenty. [5]

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References

  1. "Results – 2015 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". infoicf.msl.es.
  2. "Callum GILBERT (NZL)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. "GILBERT Callum". Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. "Callum Gilbert". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016.
  5. Vance, Andrea; McGregor, Iain. "Callum Gilbert: Paddling for gold from the family bach". Stuff . Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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