Cameron "Cam" Smedley (born October 9, 1990) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. Smedley competes as a member of the Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Team. He competes in the C1 class (single boat Canadian canoe). Until 2015 he also competed in C2 (pair boat Canadian canoe) with his partner Ben Hayward.

Biography

Smedley was born to James Smedley and Sherri Audet. He has an older sister Alison and a younger brother Liam, who is also a member of the canoe slalom national team. He took up canoeing as a child following his parents and started competing aged 13. In 2005 he was included to the national junior team and in 2008 placed ninth at the Junior World Championships. He competed in his first senior level

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in 2009 (La Seu d'Urgell, Spain). He attended

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in Dunrobin, Ontario, and graduated in 2008. He is currently attending Carleton University, and is enrolled in Mechanical Engineering. In June 2016, Smedley was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. He finished 15th in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. Cameron finished in 9th place at the 2019 World Championships, earning Canada and himself a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He finished in 16th place in the C1 event after being eliminated in the heats. He instructs

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students at the Pumphouse Whitewater Course for the Ottawa River Runners

World Cup individual podiums

¹ Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smedley, Cameron 1990 births Living people Canadian male canoeists Sportspeople from Ottawa Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics