Jacob Clear
Australian sprint canoeist
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Born | (1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 (age 39) Sydney NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | K-4 1000m - Men | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 9 February 2014 |
Jacob Peter Clear OAM (born 18 January 1985) is an Australian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Australian Kayak Four (K4) 1000m team in the London Olympics 2012.
Clear was a life-saving nipper from the age of 5 and began kayaking at the age of 21. His early achievements are documented on the Olympics website.[2]
References
External links
- Jacob Clear at the International Canoe Federation
- Jacob Clear at Olympics.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacob Clear". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
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Olympic kayaking champions in men's K-4 1000 m
- 1964: Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Vladimir Morozov (URS)
- 1968: Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Egil Søby, Jan Johansen (NOR)
- 1972: Yuri Filatov, Yuri Stetsenko, Vladimir Morozov, Valeri Didenko (URS)
- 1976: Sergei Chukhray, Aleksandr Degtyarev, Yuri Filatov, Vladimir Morozov (URS)
- 1980: Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, Bernd Duvigneau (GDR)
- 1984: Grant Bramwell, Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald, Alan Thompson (NZL)
- 1988: Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, Sándor Hódosi, Attila Ábrahám (HUN)
- 1992: Mario Von Appen, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, André Wohllebe (GER)
- 1996: Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter, Detlef Hofmann, Mark Zabel (GER)
- 2000: Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth (HUN)
- 2004: Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth (HUN)
- 2008: Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu (BLR)
- 2012: Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart, Jacob Clear (AUS)
- 2016: Max Rendschmidt, Tom Liebscher, Max Hoff, Marcus Gross (GER)
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