Jacob Clear
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Born | Sydney NSW | 18 January 1985|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Kayaking | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 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[]
- ^ "Jacob Clear". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Jacob Clear". Australian Olympic Committee (in Australian English). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links[]
- Jacob Clear at the International Canoe Federation
- Jacob Clear at the International Olympic Committee
- 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.
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Australian male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of Australia
- Australian Institute of Sport canoeists
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Australian canoeist stubs