Career History
Fouhy began kayaking competitively in 2002, following a background in multi-sport events. He discovered an aptitude for paddling after increasing his kayak training to improve his overall multisport performance.
After a handful of domestic wins Fouhy came out of nowhere to take the gold medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainsville, Georgia, USA, after which he won several Sportsperson of the Year titles including the coveted Halberg Award.
The following year, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Fouhy achieved New Zealand’s first medal in Kayaking since the 1980s days of New Zealand’s most medaled Olympians, Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald.
Career highlight achievements include: Gold Medal in K1 1000m - 2003 World Cup regatta Poznan, Poland Gold Medal in K1 1000m & K1 500m - 2005 Australian National Championships, Sydney Halberg Award - 2003 New Zealand Sportsman of the Year Bronze Medal in K1 marathon - 2005 World Marathon Championships, Perth Gold Medal in K1 1000m - 2004 English National Championships, Nottingham Olympic Silver Medal in K1 1000m - 2004 Athens Olympics Bronze Medal in K1 1000m - 2006 World Championships, Szeged, Hungary Gold Medal in K2 1000m - 2004 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland World Champion K1 1000m - 2003 World Championships, Gainsville George Gold Medal in K1 1000m - 2004 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland Gold Medal, Worlds fastest time in K1 1000m - 2006 World Cup regatta, Poland Gold Medal in K1 1000m - 2003 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland
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