IMRIE Kurtis

World Championships

Year	Location	K2 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	15

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 1000m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	-	9	DNF	6
2019	Cambridge, NZL	2	1	2	1

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

Year	K2 1000m
2019	1 x 8th, 1 x 17th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
8	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	3:15.790
17	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:14.412

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

Athlete

Electrical Engineering

English

Mana Kayak Racing Club [Porirua, NZL]

Tim Brabants [national], GBR

His older sister Kayla Imrie has represented New Zealand in canoe sprint. She finished fifth in the K4 500m at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and won a silver medal in the same event at the world championships in 2018. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Apr 2020; newshub.co.nz, 23 Apr 2019)

He has competed in surf lifesaving and was named in the New Zealand development team in 2015. (wellington.scoop.co.nz, 13 May 2015)

He began the sport at age 14 at Mana Kayak Racing Club in Porirua, New Zealand. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2018)

He was a surf lifesaver and wanted to improve his surf skills. "To get better I went down to the local kayak club, and also followed [sister] Kayla. I gave it a go and liked it.'' (olympic.org.nz, 21 Aug 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympic.org.nz, 01 Jun 2020)

His sister and fellow New Zealand canoe sprinter Kayla Imrie, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (newshub.co.nz, 23 Apr 2019; sonicnz.co.nz, 29 Mar 2015)

In 2015 he was named Canoe Racing New Zealand's Junior Sportsman of the Year. (wellington.scoop.co.nz, 13 May 2015)