Liam Heath MBE
Sprint - Podium
Reigning Olympic champion Liam Heath MBE heads the Canoe Sprint team for Tokyo 2020 having qualified his spot in style, winning gold at the 2019 World Championships in Hungary.
Tokyo 2020 will be Liam’s third Olympic Games having won sprint bronze in the K2 200m alongside Jon Schofield in London and then silver in Rio before being crowned Olympic champion in the K1 200m five years ago.
He held the grand slam of canoeing titles in 2017 (Olympic, World and European) and has only been beaten once in the K1 200m since then. The 36-year-old, who hails from Guildford, will be looking to retain his title and cement his place in British history as the most successful canoe sprint athlete of all time.
Liam was first introduced to kayaking as part of an organized ‘holiday fun’ activity week at Wey Kayak Club at the age of 10. In amongst other sporting activities Liam chose to pursue kayaking as it came quickly and naturally to him.
Liam attended Loughbrough University and graduated with a degree in Industrial Design and Technology. Liam can name and make over 150 different cocktails.
