Richard Dalton (born 27 August 1979) is an Irish-born

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. From 2002 to 2010, he has won three bronze medals at the

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(C-1 200 m:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

- tied with

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's Yuriy Cheban, C-1 1000 m:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, C-2 1000 m:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

). He also won a C-2 silver medal at the 2000 world marathon championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The distance at a marathon event varies between 36 and 40 km. Dalton competed at the

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, earning sixth place in both the C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m events.

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* 1979 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Irish emigrants to Canada Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Sportspeople from County Cork ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Aquatic sportspeople from Nova Scotia {{canada-canoe-bio-stub