Age, Biography and Wiki
John Felton was born on 5 December, 1960 in Australia, is an Australian slalom canoeist. Discover John Felton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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63 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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5 December, 1960 |
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Australia
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He is a member of famous Canoeist with the age 63 years old group.
John Felton Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, John Felton height not available right now. We will update John Felton's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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John Felton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Felton worth at the age of 63 years old? John Felton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Canoeist. He is from Australia. We have estimated John Felton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
John Felton (born 5 December 1960 in Kyogle) is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.
After qualifying for the Games and 4 weeks before the start he broke 2 ribs in a training accident in Augsburg, Germany (the site of the 1972 Olympics).
John Felton commenced canoeing in 1974, he subsequently competed internationally from 1979 – 1983 when he retired having won a Commonwealth Title (Scotland, 1981) and having finished as high as 4th in the World Championships (Jonquiere, Canada 1979).
After Canoe Slalom was readmitted to the Olympic Games in 1992 he came out of retirement in 1993 (at 32 years of age) and teamed up again with Andrew Wilson for a shot at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
He finished 14th in the C-2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
They went on to finish 14th at the 1996 Olympics.
After these Games the then Minister for The Olympics – Michael Knight threw the sport of canoe slalom out of the Olympic Games.
The International Canoe Federation approached John to head the project to have canoe slalom readmitted to the Olympic Program.
Felton was successful and in August 1997 slalom was readmitted.
Felton is credited along with Australian Engineer Peter Heeley and 5 time World slalom Champion Richard Fox as the inventors of the world's first totally artificial, pumped whitewater course.
John oversaw the construction of the facility as the ICF whitewater specialist and was subsequently appointed to the position of Competition Manager for the 2000 Olympic Games.
Subsequently, he has consulted on many artificial whitewater courses throughout the world, spoken on sustainability and ensuring legacy at a number of outdoor and sports conferences and is the Design Director with his company the USA based Whitewater Parks International.
John has been the lead designer for numerous projects in almost every continent including the 2012 London Olympic Whitewater Venue (Broxbourne), the Rio d' Janiero 2016 whitewater facility (Deodoro), the Tokyo 2020 Whitwater Stadium (Kasai Rinkai Park) and ground breaking facilities like the Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland New Zealand and Xavage whitewater for Xcaret Amusement Parks in Cancun Mexico.
