Cameron Smedley

Cameron Smedley
Smedley at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Cameron Smedley
Nationality Canadian
Born (1990-10-09) October 9, 1990
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Residence Ottawa, Ontario
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport Canoe slalom
Event(s) C1, C2
Club Ottawa River Runners[3]
Coached by Michal Staniszewski (national)[3]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoC1

Cameron "Cam" Smedley (born October 9, 1990) is a slalom canoeist who competes as a member of the Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Team.[4] He competes in the C1 class (single boat Canadian canoe) as well as C2 (pair boat Canadian canoe) with his partner Ben Hayward.[5]

Biography

Smedley was born to James Smedley and Sherri Audet. He has an older sister Alison and a younger brother Liam, who is also a member of the canoe slalom national team. He took up canoeing as a child following his parents and started competing aged 13. In 2005 he was included to the national junior team and in 2008 placed ninth at the Junior World Championships.[1][3] He competed in his first senior level ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in 2009 (La Seu d'Urgell, Spain). He attended West Carleton Secondary School in Dunrobin, Ontario, and graduated in 2008. He is currently attending Carleton University, and is enrolled in Mechanical Engineering.[6]

In June 2016, Smedley was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[7] He finished 15th in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2][8]

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
20093 Aug 2009Kananaskis1stC21
1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

References

  1. 1 2 Cameron Smedley. olympic.ca
  2. 1 2 Cameron Smedley Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 3 Cameron Smedley. nbcolympics.com
  4. ↑ "Senior Elite Teram". Canoe Kayak Canada.
  5. ↑ "Profile and results". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cameron Smedley". SmedleyCanoe. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09.
  7. ↑ "Cameron Smedley and Michael Tayler meet the mark for Olympic Selection". www.canoekayak.ca/. Canoe Kayak Canada. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.


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