Jacob Clear

Australian sprint canoeist

Jacob Clear

Personal information

Born

(1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 (age 39)
Sydney NSW

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)^[1]

Weight

86 kg (190 lb)

Sport

Country

Australia

Sport

Kayaking

Event

K-4 1000m - Men

Medal record

Men's canoe sprint

Olympic Games
	2012 London	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	2011 Szeged	K–4 1000 m
	2013 Duisburg	K–4 1000 m

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. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ "Jacob Clear". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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.

Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-4 1000 m