Matt Goble
Sport - Flatwater Kayak (Sprint)
Country competing for - Australia
Gender - Male
Date of birth - 5-June-1989
Place of birth -Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
Height - 178cm 5'10'
Weight - 76kg
Further Information
Marital status - Single
Residence - Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
Education - Year 12 Christian Brothers
Occupation - Boat Builder
Languages - English
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? - I started
in November 2003 in Adelaide, Australia.
Why this sport? - I had been recreation paddling since
I was about 6 and had made State and National Canoe
Polo teams
Club / Team - 'West Lakes Canoe Club and South Australian
Sports Institute’: AUS
Name of coach - Peter Petho, David Foureur
Coach from which country? - Hungary, Australia
Coach from what year? - 2003
Training Regime - I do four gym sessions and eight
paddling sessions and cross train each week.
Preferred Discipline / Event(s) - K1 500m
Handedness - Right
Footedness - Right
International Debut - Year - 2005
Country - Australia
General Interest
Hobbies - Surf Lifesaving, Canoe Polo, and White Water
and hanging out with friends.
Sponsors - Canoe Innovations, South Australian Sports
Institute [SASI].
Memorable sporting achievement - The 2006 World Cup
final in K1 500m.
Most influential person in career - My coach Peter
Petho
Toughest rival / opponent - The Hungarian paddlers.
Injuries - Almost broke my arm once.
Sporting philosophy / motto - 'When you have gone
so far that you can’t manage one more step, then you’ve
gone just half the distance that you’re capable of.’
Ambitions - To become a Fireman.
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2007 - Matt achieved a Bronze
Medal at the Junior World Championships in the
Czech Republic.
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