Darryl Fitzgerald
Personal information
Full nameDarryl Stewart Fitzgerald
NicknameFitzy[1]
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 33)
Gisborne, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
EventSprint canoe
ClubPoverty Bay Kayak Club[1]
Coached byIan Ferguson[1]

Darryl Stewart Fitzgerald (born 9 August 1990 in Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist.[1][2] Fitzgerald is a member of Poverty Bay Kayak Club, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympic kayaking champion Ian Ferguson (1984 and 1988).[1][3]

Fitzgerald qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.[4][5] Fitzgerald, along with his partner and four-time Olympian Steven Ferguson, finished seventh in the final, seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind the Russian pair Ilya Medvedev and Anton Ryakhov, posting their best Olympic time of 3:12.117.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Darryl Fitzgerald". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Darryl Fitzgerald". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  3. ^ Plumb, Simon (15 April 2012). "NZ canoeing duo flying under radar at Olympics". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ^ Barclay, Chris (4 March 2012). "Ben Fouhy, Teear stake Olympic claim in K2". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Pair seal Olympics canoeing spot". MSN New Zealand. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final A". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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2012 New Zealand Olympic team
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