BULL Alyssa

Date of Birth: 1 Dec 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 500m	16
	Women's Kayak Double 500m AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Heat 4 #16	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Quarterfinal 2 #26	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Semi-final 2 #34	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Final A #42	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 4 #56	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Semi-final 4 #81	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Final B #89	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K2 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K1 5000m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	7	-	7
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	7	-	-	7
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	7	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	16	-

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	16	2	-	1	3
2019	Cambridge, NZL	-	6	-	3	1
2018	Penrith, NSW, AUS	-	2	1	1	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2019	-	-	1 x 6th, 1 x 11th
2018	1 x 10th	1 x 7th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th
2017	1 x 10th	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th	1 x 13th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:30.472
4	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:44.700
5	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:34.040
5	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:43.496
6	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:33.747
7	2018	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:42.185
7	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:37.385
7	2017	Kayak Double 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:42.571
10	2018	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:51.453
10	2017	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:51.304

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

Aly (Facebook page, 20 Oct 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Firefighter

Languages spoken:

Sunshine Coast Paddle Sports Club [AUS] / Queensland Academy of Sport [AUS]

Anna Wood [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Sam has competed in surf lifesaving and professional Ironman competitions in Australia. (sunshinecoastdaily.com.au, 23 Jan 2015)

Other sports:

She has competed in surf lifesaving and Ironwoman competitions at elite level in Australia. She finished 10th overall in 2012/13 and 12th overall in 2012/13 in the professional Ironwoman Series. In 2019 she debuted with the Australian Life Saving Team and won a silver medal in the ski mixed relay at the International Surf Rescue Challenge in Durban, South Africa. She has also been national surf ski champion at U19 level. (paddle.org.au, 03 Oct 2019; sls.com.au, 27 Sep 2019; qt.com.au, 04 Sep 2014)

She began surf ski paddling at age 16 with her local surf lifesaving club in Alexandra Headland, QLD, Australia, and was later encouraged by her surf coach to try flat water kayaking. "My first competition was a Queensland Schools Marathon Championship in early 2013 and I won my age group. My first sprint competition was the national championships in Perth in 2013 [where] my partner and I won the K2 500m and the K2 1000m. I also came second in the K1 500m. I qualified for my first [junior] Australian team from this regatta." (canoe.org.au, 12 Mar 2014)

"My surf coach encouraged me to have a go in a kayak after representing Australia once [at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Canada]. I really enjoyed it and wanted to keep doing it. I liked how it was just a straight out course, there are no elements of the surf that play a part in the race, it was something different." (canoe.org.au, 12 Mar 2014)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 11 Feb 2018)

Australian Ironwoman athletes Liz Plummers, Krystal Smith and Courtney Hancock. (engineswim.com, 01 Jan 2014)

Philosophy:

"You have to believe in yourself. If you've done the work, that is all you can do, and all that is left is to be the best you can be on the day. But if you know you haven't done everything you can, don't look for excuses." (canoe.org.au, 12 Mar 2014)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
In 2018 she graduated from the Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy in Australia and has since worked as a firefighter in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. "I'm a big one for finding solutions, and I don't back away when I want something. The first time I put my name in for the fire brigade I didn't get past an early cognitive test. I was really bummed. I tried again leading into the 2017 courses and I studied harder - that never came naturally to me - and got past where I did the first time, got past the physical test, and then into a face to face interview, then the psychological test. When I put my mind to something I want to do it's not hard for me." (olympics.com.au, 12 Feb 2019; statements.qld.gov.au, 27 Feb 2018; athletesvoice.com.au, 17 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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