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Olympic Gold Medalist, Archery, 2000. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY Born: 1969 in Adelaide Competed in Archery from 1986-2001 Attended University of S.A. Underdale campus from 1994-1997 ˇ Won first Senior National (open) Championship in 1987 ˇ Went on to win 12 Open Australian Titles. ˇ First international competition in 1988: 1st in Visitors Section & 2nd outright behind Jay Barrs who went on to win the Olympics in Seoul later that year. ˇ Represented Australia in 6 World Outdoor Target Competitions ˇ Competed in four Olympic Games: '88, '92', '96, and 2000 ˇ 1991 WORLD ARCHERY CHAMPION ˇ Part of 1999 Australian WORLD INDOOR Championship TEAM. ˇ 2000 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST Other awards include; ˇ 'Young Australian of the Year' (1991), ˇ The Australian Confederation of Sport's 'Male Athlete of the Year' (1991), ˇ Australian Institute of Sport's 'Athlete of the Year' (2000), ˇ Order of Australia Medal (OAM) (2000) ˇ One of the AIS's 21 "Best of the Best" all time athletes Completed a degree at the University of South Australia in Jewellery Design (grad. 1997 after receiving award for best 2nd year, and subsequently best 3rd year) Hobbies and interests include; running, classic cars, architecture and design, making and crafting things, good tools, music, wood carving - actually making anything! Now lives in Canberra with Fiancé Jackie Gallagher (who was a world champion Triathlete and Duathlete, and now a Commonwealth Games Marathon Bronze medallist, and two Dalmatians Mallee and Mawson, all of whom also like running too! "While sport has been the main focus of my life to date, my heart and soul rests with art and craft. When traveling with teammates to archery competitions, they'd be reading Sports Illustrated, and I'd be reading Australian Arts-Craft or an Architectural magazine. I love working with my hands and using tools - both hand and power. I am finding the greatest challenge now is settling on one or a few areas of work - there are so many interesting and alluring fields of art and craft." Simon J. Fairweather |
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