Richard Merjan
Merjan at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Lebanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Lebanon | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Zlatan Ibrahimbegovic Nick Herodotou | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Merjan (born 10 November 1988) is a Lebanese-Australian slalom canoeist.
Merjan took up canoeing in 2001 at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2003 started training with the Australian national team. He holds a dual Australian-Lebanese citizenship, and since 2009 competes for Lebanon. He missed qualifications for the 2012 Olympics due to a bad cut to his hand sustained in 2011. In 2016, he became the first Lebanese slalom canoeist to compete at Olympics. He finished last in the C-1 event.
Merjan has a degree in commerce, finance and language studies from the Deakin University in Victoria, Australia. He works as a flight analyst for an Australian airline.