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Simon Fairweather
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Simon Fairweather (born 9 October 1969) is an athlete from Australia. He competes in archery.
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 and 1992.
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 conciousness with a gold medal in men's individual archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Fairweather competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 50th overall. He was also a member of the 6th-place Australian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Fairweather is married to former triathlon world champion Jackie Gallagher .
Categories: 1969 births | Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Australian archers
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