Gordon Walker (coach)

{{Short description|New Zealand canoeist and coach (born 1972)}}

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| birth_name = Gordon David Walker

| birth_date = 1972

| birth_place = Zimbabwe

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Gordon Walker (born c. 1972) is a Zimbabwean-born New Zealand canoe racing coach and former multi sport athlete. He won the Coast to Coast race in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He is currently the head coach of the women's programme at Canoe Racing NZ, a programme that includes Olympic gold-medal winning canoeist Lisa Carrington. He moved to New Zealand from Zimbabwe when he was six years old, along with his two brothers and his parents. At the age of nine, he attended Southwell Boarding School in Hamilton, and at thirteen he attended kings college.

He studied at Auckland University and got a bachelor of science.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3325561/Gordon-Walker-claims-third-Coast-to-Coast|title=Gordon Walker claims third Coast to Coast|date=13 February 2010|work=Stuff |access-date=10 April 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/the-most-successful-partnership-in-new-zealand-sporting-history-lisa-carringtons-coach-gordon-walker-confirms-his-future/46K4TKE2REINRTQFURCKBXKE4I/|title=The most successful partnership in New Zealand sporting history?|date=16 October 2021|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=27 March 2022}}