Liam Heath

Liam Heath
MBE
Heath in 2017
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1984-08-17) 17 August 1984
Guildford, Surrey, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)K-1 200 m, K-2 200 m
ClubWey Kayak Club
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Great Britain
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 2 3 2
World Cups 9 10 3
European Championships 5 1 1
Total 17 15 8
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-1 200 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-2 200 m
2012 LondonK-2 200 m
2020 TokyoK-1 200 m
World Championships
2017 RačiceK-1 200 m
2019 SzegedK-1 200 m
2010 PoznańK-1 4×200 m
2011 SzegedK-2 200 m
2013 DuisburgK-2 200 m
2010 PoznańK-2 200 m
2014 MoscowK-1 4×200 m
European Championships
2010 TrasonaK-2 200 m
2011 BelgradeK-2 200 m
2012 ZagrebK-2 200 m
2017 PlovdivK-1 200 m
2021 PoznańK-1 200 m
2014 BrandenburgK-2 200 m

Liam Heath (born 17 August 1984) is a British sprint canoeist. He is the most successful British canoeist at the Olympics with a total of four medals; he won a gold medal in the individual 200m kayak sprint event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the 2020 Olympics, as well as a silver in the men's double with Jon Schofield in 2016. and a bronze at the 2012 London Olympics in the K-2 200 with Schofield.

He is a member of Wey Kayak Club.