| Sport | Canoe Slalom |
| Date of Birth | 26/11/77 |
| Lives | Bridge of Allan |
| Height (cm) | 173.00 |
| Weight (kg) | 64.00 |
Britain endured a frustrating day at the ICF World Cup 2 event in Pau as three canoe slalom competitors all came a cropper at the same stage of ...
Full ArticleWalsh competed in his second Olympic Games in Beijing, hoping to go one better than the silver he won at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Campbell made the semi-finals and finished 15th and did not progress to the final. At the 2009 European Championships Walsh, Richard Hounslow and Huw Swetnam won silver in a time of 99.46 seconds Walsh first went in a canoe at the age of eight at Airthery Loch, Stirling and his first race was aged 11 in Kelso. Walsh displayed fine in 2008, taking gold at the European Championships in May. This follow's consecutive bronze medals at World Championship level in 2006 and 2007. He took the overall World Cup title in 2004 to give himself the perfect build up to Athens. At the Olympic course, he led after the semi final, but eventual Champion Benoit Peschier produced a superb final run, and Walsh approached his last run with caution. In fact he slipped to third but took the silver after another Frenchman Fabien Lefevre was penalised. To add to his canoeing achievments, he has a MSc in Mathematical Physics from Nottingham University. His mum is a Maths teachers and his sister Kimberley was a slalom canoeist. Walsh has overcome the disadvantage of being light to become an excellent technical paddler. Currently racing in a tailor-made boat he developed himself.
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