STEWART Murray

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	4	-
2012	London, GBR	17	16	1

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K4 1000m	K1 4x200m
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	9	-	-	4	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	10	-	-	-	1	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	5	-	-	-	10	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	-	-	5	-	3	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	12	-	2	13
2010	Poznan, POL	14	-	5	-	-	5	16
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	DNF	4	-	2	1
2018	Penrith, NSW, AUS	1	1	2	2	1

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

Year	K1 1000m	K4 500m
2019	-	1 x 11th, 1 x 12th
2018	1 x 4th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 10th	1 x 4th
2017	1 x 10th	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:26.547
4	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:21.780
9	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:33.332
10	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:29.751
10	2017	Kayak Single 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:32.583
11	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.192
12	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:22.257

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

Muzza, Muzz (Facebook page, 27 Mar 2020; canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)

Athlete

Architecture - University of Sydney, Australia

Wife Bec, one son, one daughter

English

Jake Michael [personal]

His father Robbie competed in sprint, slalom and surf paddling in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. (murraystewart.com, 01 Aug 2012)

He has also competed in surf lifesaving and ocean racing at international level. (murraystewart.com, 01 Aug 2012; Facebook profile, 28 Mar 2016)

He suffered a burst appendix before competing at the 2007 Ocean Racing World Championships in South Africa. He completed the race but needed surgery upon his return to Australia and missed the next few months of competition. Soon after he fractured a spinous process in his back and did not return to the sport until February 2008. (murraystewart.com, 01 Aug 2012)

He suffered from glandular fever in 2005, the year that he took up canoe sprint. (murraystewart.com, 2012)

He first tried canoe sprint in 2005 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (murraystewart.com, 2012)

"I began kayaking as a means for improving my surf ski paddling." (canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 27 Mar 2020)

Australian rugby union player John Eales. (canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." (canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in 2014. (insidethegames.biz, 26 Jan 2014)

He was named the 2012 Australian Canoeist of the Year. (canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)

He was named the International Canoe Federation [ICF] Athlete of the Month for March 2012. (olympics.com.au, 04 May 2012)

He was the recipient of the 2011 Australian Institute of Sport [AIS] Achievement Award. (canoe.org.au, 06 Aug 2012)