GILBERT Callum

Date of Birth: 15 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of residence : NEW ZEALAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Slalom	Men's Kayak	23

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Kayak Heats 1st Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Men's Kayak Heats 2nd Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	K1	CSLX	K1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	44	-	10
2017	Pau, FRA	61	41	14
2015	London, GBR	61	-	14

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1	C1
2021	Auckland, NZL	1	-
2020	Auckland, NZL	5	-
2019	Penrith, NSW, AUS	22	-
2018	Auckland, NZL	16	8
2017	Auckland, NZL	4	17

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2019	Kayak	13th	1 x 5th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 21st
2018	Kayak	52nd	1 x 29th, 1 x 31st, 1 x 42nd
2017	Kayak	65th	2 x 47th, 1 x 57th, 1 x 66th
2017	CSLX	-	1 x 20th
2017	Canoe	63rd	1 x 42nd, 1 x 48th, 1 x 56th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
5	2019	Kayak	Lee Valley, GBR
11	2019	Kayak	Prague, CZE
20	2017	Men's CSLX	Markkleeberg, GER
21	2019	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
29	2018	Kayak	Augsburg, GER
31	2018	Kayak	Krakow, POL
39	2019	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
42	2018	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
42	2017	Canoe	Augsburg, GER
43	2018	Kayak	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK

World Junior & U23 Championships (Under 23)

Year	Location	K1	CSLX	C1	K1 Team	C1 Team
2019	Krakow, POL	9	6	-	11	-
2018	Ivrea, ITA	24	-	-	9	-
2017	Bratislava, SVK	33	-	51	7	16

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete, Contractor

Computer Science - Massey University, New Zealand

Languages spoken:

Canoe Slalom Bay of Plenty [Tauranga, NZL]

He took up the sport at age 12 at an after-school paddling class at Tauranga Boys' College in New Zealand. (odt.co.nz, 13 Mar 2020; canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017; interactives.stuff.co.nz, 23 Sep 2020)

"I always enjoyed kayaking on the flat water since I was young, and one day tried whitewater kayaking and really liked it, so got into it more through my high school." (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win an Olympic or world championship gold medal. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017; insidethegames.biz, 14 Mar 2020)

New Zealand slalom canoeist Mike Dawson. (nzherald.co.nz, 28 Jan 2016)

Coach Paul Ferrus. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017)

Philosophy:

"You are only as good as your last race." (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017)

In 2014 he received a Blues Award at Massey University in New Zealand. (scoop.co.nz, 16 Oct 2015; canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
In 2017 he gave up his job as a software engineer in order to prioritise his canoe career. "They allowed me to have a lot of time off for paddling, do a bit of work from overseas and from home, and were super-supportive there. But ultimately, I felt as though I probably wasn't giving quite enough to the job or to my paddling, and decided to resign." He takes on contracting projects alongside his training. "Sometimes, it's really nice to have something else to do." (odt.co.nz, 13 Mar 2020; interactives.stuff.co.nz, 23 Sep 2020)

EDUCATION
He started his computer science degree at Massey University in 2013, but later transferred to the University of Waikato in New Zealand. (scoop.co.nz, 16 Oct 2015; interactives.stuff.co.nz, 23 Sep 2020; Sport - University of Waikato Facebook page, 30 Oct 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/callumgilbertnz

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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