Angus Mortimer
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| Born | September 4, 1985 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Angus Mortimer (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian former sprint kayaker. He represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing ninth in the K-4 1000 m event. He won a gold medal in the 2007 Pan American Games K-1 1000m. He was banned from the sport after a 4-year investigation determined he engaged in grooming of children.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2005, Mortimer made his World Championship debut as a member of the K-4 that finished 14th over 500m. He won a gold medal in the 2007 Pan American Games K-1 1000m.[2]
While attending Carleton University he paddled out of the Rideau Canoe Club. He represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing ninth in the K-4 1000 m event.[3]
After failing to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, Mortimer retired from paddling to spend more time with his family and coach.[4]
A discipline panel determined that Angus Mortimer violated Canoe Kayak Canada’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy for grooming teenage girls and coercing them into sexual acts from 2009 to 2013.[5] Angus is permanently ineligible to participate in any capacity in any program, activity, event or competition sponsored by, organized by, or under the auspices of Canoe Kayak Canada and its members as of November 7, 2023.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]His brother, Ian, is also a high-level paddler and Team Canada member in the canoe discipline.[2]
References
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- Bibliography
- Official Website of Angus Mortimer
- The roster for the 2005-2006 Canadian Sprint Canoe and Kayak Team
- Canoekayak.ca bio
- Canadian Championships 2006 results
- Sports-Reference.com profile
- 1985 births
- Canoeists from Ottawa
- Canadian male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Carleton University alumni
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in canoeing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian canoeist stubs