Darryl Fitzgerald

{{Short description|New Zealand sprint canoeist (born 1990)}}

{{other uses|Darryl Fitzgerald (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| fullname = Darryl Stewart Fitzgerald

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gisborne, New Zealand

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| sport = Canoeing

| event = Sprint canoe

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| club = Poverty Bay Kayak Club

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| coach = Ian Ferguson

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Darryl Stewart Fitzgerald (born 9 August 1990 in Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist.{{cite web|title=Darryl Fitzgerald|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fitzgerald-darryl-1124834/|website=London2012.com|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=20 February 2013|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501232855/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fitzgerald-darryl-1124834/|url-status=dead}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Darryl Fitzgerald|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/darryl-fitzgerald-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/darryl-fitzgerald-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 20 February 2013}} Fitzgerald is a member of Poverty Bay Kayak Club, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympic kayaking champion Ian Ferguson (1984 and 1988).{{cite news|last=Plumb|first=Simon|title=NZ canoeing duo flying under radar at Olympics|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/6744493/NZ-canoeing-duo-flying-under-radar-at-Olympics|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=15 April 2012|access-date=20 February 2013}}

Fitzgerald qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing first from the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.{{cite news|last=Barclay|first=Chris|title=Ben Fouhy, Teear stake Olympic claim in K2|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/6521493/Ben-Fouhy-Teear-stake-Olympic-claim-in-K2s|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=4 March 2012|access-date=20 February 2013}}{{cite news|title=Pair seal Olympics canoeing spot |url=http://sport.msn.co.nz/londonolympics2012/8429909/pair-seal-olympics-canoeing-spot|publisher=MSN New Zealand|date=5 March 2012|access-date=20 February 2013}} Fitzgerald, along with his partner and four-time Olympian Steven Ferguson, finished seventh in the final, seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind the Russian pair Ilya Medvedev and Anton Ryakhov, posting their best Olympic time of 3:12.117.{{cite web|title=Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final A|url=http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-1000m-men/phase=cfm121100/index.html|website=London2012.com|publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=20 February 2013|archive-date=21 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073324/http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-1000m-men/phase=cfm121100/index.html|url-status=dead}}