Liam Heath

Liam Heath

Liam Heath in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1984-08-17) 17 August 1984 (age 32) Guildford, Surrey, England
Height	1.83 m (6.0 ft)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Canoeing
Event(s)	Canoe sprint
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Men's canoe sprint Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 0 3 2 European Championships 4 0 0 European Games 0 0 0 Total 5 4 3 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 200 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 200 m 2012 London K-2 200 m World Championships 2010 Poznań K-1 4 x 200 m 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K–2 200 m 2010 Poznań K-2 200 m 2014 Moscow K-1 4x200 m European Championships 2010 Trasona K-2 200 m 2011 Belgrade K-2 200 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 200 m 2016 Moscow K-1 200 m

Liam Heath MBE (born 17 August 1984) is a British sprint canoeist. He is a gold medalist in the individual 200m kayak sprint event, and a silver in the men's double with Jon Schofield at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the most successful British canoeist at the Olympics, with an additional a bronze at the 2012 London Olympics in the K-2 200 with Schofield.

He is a member of Wey Kayak Club.

Liam Heath was born in Guildford, Surrey on 17 August 1984. His parents are Lawrence and Linda Heath. He attended the George Abbot School in Guildford. He was first introduced to kayaking when he was 10 at a 'holiday fun' activity week at the Wey Kayak Club based in Guildford, and competed with GB Canoeing as a junior.

Heath studied industrial design and technology at Loughborough University between 2003 and 2006. In his first year at Loughborough, he commuted to Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham to train in the Under-23s. In his second year, after suffering from appendicitis, he decided to give up canoeing to concentrate on his studies. Shortly after graduating he returned to canoeing and trained at the Wey Kayak Club under the guidance of Paul Dimmock. To finance his training Liam worked for a time mixing cocktails at T.G.I. Friday's in Guildford. Liam gave up on kayaking for the second time after failing to be selected by GB Canoeing. Although Liam Heath and Jon Schofield were at Loughborough at the same time - they overlapped for two years - they did not meet until several years later when they were introduced by Dimmock at a Nottingham regatta.