About John Jacoby
Born 1960. John Jacoby is an Australian athlete.
John Jacoby (born 1965) is an Australian adventure racer. In the mid-1980s, he dominated the world in canoe marathon, winning three successive world cup canoe marathons before becoming the inaugural ICF canoe marathon world champion at the 1988 event in Nottingham, United Kingdom. After the 1988 World Championship, he retired from International Canoe Federation (ICF) events and concentrated on adventure racing.
Jacoby competed in the 2004 Subaru Primal Quest. There was a rockfall that killed fellow competitor Nigel Aylott; the same rock hit Jacoby at the leg and put him into hospital.
In August 2015, Jacoby and fellow adventurer Brian Freeman paddled across the Bass Strait within 60 hours unsupported from Wilsons Promontory in Victoria to Little Musselroe Bay in Tasmania.
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Who is John Jacoby?
Australian adventure racer (born 1965)
When was John Jacoby born?
John Jacoby was born in 1960.
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John Jacoby is an athlete.
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John Jacoby is Australian.
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