Murray Stewart

Murray Scott Stewart OAM (born 2 July 1986 in Durban, South Africa)[1][2] is an Australian kayaker.

Stewart qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and teamed up with Riley Fitzsimmons, Lachlan Tame and Jordan Wood in the Men's K-4 500m sprint.

The team did well in the heats clocking 1:22.662, came second in the semi-final, but couldn't repeat their best time coming in 6th in the final behind the eventual winner, Germany,[3] Stewart grew up in South Africa and excelled in athletics: swimming and water polo.

He was a talented junior and won national medals while studying for his high school exams.

[4] He had ambitions of competing in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, but a ruptured appendix, followed by a spinal fracture in late 2007, disrupted his preparations.