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Simon John Fairweather, OAM (born 9 October 1969) is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is 175 centimetres (5 ft 9 in) tall and weighs 71 kilograms (157 lb).

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Simon Fairweather

Fairweather at 2009 Archery World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Simon John Fairweather
Born	9 October 1969 (1969-10-09) (age 52) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Medal record Men's archery Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Individual World Championships 1991 Krakow Individual 1991 Krakow Team

Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991.

Fairweather was declared the Young Australian of the Year in 1991.

After an early Olympic career in which he was generally considered not to have lived up to his promise, Fairweather shot back into Australia's national consciousness, "stopping the nation" with his gold-medal performance in men's individual archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Australian team which finished twelfth in the team competition.[1]

Simon went to 5 Olympic Games: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004. He has won countless Australia titles over a 20-year period.

In 1997, Fairweather gained a degree in jewellery design from the University of South Australia.

In 2002, Fairweather was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport Best of the Best.[2]

Fairweather was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2009.[3]

On 1 February 2009, Archery Australia announced the appointment of Fairweather as National Head Coach of Archery in Australia.

Fairweather was married to former triathlon world champion Jackie Fairweather (née Gallagher) until she committed suicide on 2 November 2014.

References

External links

• Simon Fairweather at the World Archery Federation
• Simon Fairweather at Olympics.com
• Simon Fairweather at Olympic.org (archived)
• Simon Fairweather at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Simon Fairweather at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
• Simon Fairweather at Olympedia

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Michael Klim	Australian Athlete of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Petria Thomas and Philippe Rizzo

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[fr] Simon Fairweather

Simon John Fairweather, né le 9 octobre 1969 à Adélaïde, est un archer australien.

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[it] Simon Fairweather

Simon John Fairweather (Adelaide, 9 ottobre 1969) è un arciere australiano.

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[ru] Фэруэтер, Саймон

Саймон Джон Фэруэтер (англ. Simon John Fairweather; род. 9 октября 1969, Аделаида, Южная Австралия) — австралийский стрелок из лука, золотой медалист Летних Олимпийских игр 2000 года в Сиднее. «Молодой австралиец года» (1991).

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