Simon John Fairweather ( born Simon John Fairweather ; born October 9, 1969 , Adelaide , South Australia ) is an Australian archery , gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .
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| Specialization | archery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | October 9, 1969 (49 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Adelaide , South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 1988 - 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 71 kg [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Young years
- 1.2 Career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Awards
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Young years
Simon John Farouter was born on October 9, 1969 in Adelaide . His parents were active archers, like Sister , who became an athlete [1] . Simon himself learned how to shoot from the bow at his uncle's farm in [2]
Career
In 1984, at the age of 14, he joined the organization “Archers of Stratolbin and the District” [3] , after his parents gave him a bow [4] . He wanted to go out hunting with a , but he soon became interested in sports and took a . Four years later, at the age of 18, he won the competition in the visitors section at the 1988 US National Championship [3] . In 1990, Simon Fairueter won the silver medal in the individual championship at the World Championships in ( Norway ), and in 1991 he won the gold medal in the team championship in Krakow ( Poland ) [5] . In the same year, he won the Award [2] .
He participated in the World Field Archery Championships in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 (in the second - he won a silver medal); The World Indoor Archery Championships of 1993 and 1999 , winning the last gold medal [3] . In total, Fairwether was a national champion 14 times and represented Australia at 7 world championships [4] . Over a 20-year career, Simon has participated in five Olympic Games : Seoul 1988 , Barcelona 1992 , Atlanta 1996 , Sydney 2000 , Athens 2004 [3] . In the first three games, Simon lost the victory [6] - he took 16th, 25th and 52nd places, respectively [7] . At the same time, in 1998 he won gold in the team championship at the European Grand Prix [5] . At the games in Sydney, he was still able to win a [8] , and the American [9] took the silver. Simon said that he was “nervous” during the competition, and then the “applauding crowd ... several times made my eyes cry ... It was amazing. This is something that you can only get at a home competition ” [10] . The Ferueter Gold Award was the first Olympic medal in the sport in Australian history [1] [11] . The last games for him were the games in Athens [6] , on which he did not leave the qualifying round [12] . Later he admitted that archery is an unsightly sport, as he competed for almost 18 years and spent 7 hours a day and 3-4 sessions a week on training [13] .
From 1998 to 2001, Simon was a scholarship holder at the , and from 2000 to 2002, he was an assistant to , the coach of the national archery team [3] . In 2000, he became the "Athlete of the Year" [14] . In the same year, the Australian postage stamp [15] [16] [17] was issued in his honor. In 2001, he was a lifetime member of the Association of Archery Australia [6] and was inducted into the Best of the Best Hall of the Australian Institute of Sports [18] , and in 2009, [6] .
From 2009 to 2011, Fairwether served as head coach of the national archery team, leading the at in Delhi [3] [19] .
Personal life
From 1994 to 1997, Simon studied at the , who graduated with a degree in jewelry design [3] [4] . After that, he created his own gallery and studio in New South Wales ] [3] .
In 2004, Simon married Jackie Gallagher , the Australian world champion in duathlon and triathlon [12] . They met at the Australian Sports Institute, and having married, Jackie took his last name [20] . She died on November 1, 2014 at the age of 46 [21] [22] , after 10 years of marriage [23] .
Rewards
On July 14, 2000, Simon Farwether was awarded the wording “the first Australian to become world champion” [24] . On January 26, 2001, he was awarded the Australian Order Medal "for serving sports as the gold medalist of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games" [25] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Simon Fairweather . Sports-Reference.com. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Simon Fairweather. Young Australian of the Year 1991 . Australian of the Year. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Australian Archery Hall of Fame Inductee . Archery Australia (February 27, 2010). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Canberra Close Up: Simon Fairweather Australian Broadcasting Corporation (August 2, 2013). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 International Medal Winners . Archery Australia. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Simon Fairweather OAM - Archery. Hall Of Fame . Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Simon Fairweather. Athlete Biography . Olympic Committee of Australia . Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ SYDNEY 2000: ROUNDUP; It's All Archery All the Time For Gold and Silver Medalists . The New York Times (September 21, 2000). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Illinois Archer Grabs Silver . Chicago Tribune (September 21, 2000). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Fairweather right on target . BBC News (September 20, 2000). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Archery history . Centenary Archers. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Fairweather and friends target golden opportunity . The Sydney Morning Herald (July 22, 2004). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Book review. Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance . Australian Fitness Network (April 2010). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 2000. Timeline . Australian Institute of Sport. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Olympics . Stamps Australia. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Australian stamps . Stampboards. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Simon Fairweather Archery. Stamps . Ron Baker Stamps & Coins. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Best of the Best . Australian Institute of Sport. Date of treatment January 14, 2015. Archived November 2, 2013.
- ↑ Simon Fairweather quits as national archery coach . AbbeyArchery.com.au (July 27, 2011). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Jackie Fairweather RIP . Slowtwitch.com (November 3, 2014). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Steele, Selina . Australian sporting community is in mourning after death of legendary triathlete Jackie Fairweather , Gold Coast Bulletin (November 4, 2014). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Gavel, Time Jackie Fairweather: Australian athletics community mourns death of world champion . Australian Broadcasting Corporation (November 4, 2014). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ VALE JACKIE FAIRWEATHER unopened . Athletics Australia (November 3, 2014). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Simon John Fairweather. Australian Sports Medal . Australian government . Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Simon John Fairweather. Medal of the Order of Australia . Australian government . Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
Links
- Simon Fairwether . Olympics Statistics and History Database. Date of treatment January 14, 2015. Archived June 2, 2006.