| Ken Wallace | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Fullname: | Kenneth Maxwell Wallace |
| Nickname: | Kenny |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1983[1] |
| Birth Place: | Gosford, New South Wales |
| Years Active: | 1999 - 2020 |
| Height: | 190 cm[2] |
| Weight: | 91 kg |
| Sport: | Surf Life Saving, Sprint Canoe |
| Club: | Tugun Surf Life Saving Club, Currumbin Creek Canoe Club |
| Team: | Australian Olympic Team |
| Partner: | Lachlan Tame |
| Former Partner: | David Smith Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood Jacob Clear |
| Coach: | Jimmy Owens (2000 – current) |
| Olympics: | Beijing 2008 - K1 1000m & 500mLondon 2012 - K2 1000mRio 2016 - K2 1000 & K4 1000m |
| Updated: | 18 July 2018 |
Kenneth Maxwell Wallace (born 26 July 1983) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s, winning gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at several World Championships.
Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen. Two years later he was the K-1 1000 m Junior World Champion in Curitiba, Brazil.
Wallace was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, where he placed fifth in the K-1 1000 m final.
In 2007, Wallace at the ICF World Championships held in Duisburg, Germany placed 4th in the K-1 1000m Final. This result qualified Australia a berth at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Wallace won two medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with gold in the K-1 500 m and bronze in the K-1 1000 m events.[3] He also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 5000 m: 2010) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 2009).
He was awarded the Order of Australia in 2009.[4]
In February 2011, Wallace competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.