Alyssa Buck

Alyssa Buck (née Bull; born 1 December 1995) is an Australian canoeist. She represented Australia in three Olympic Games, 2016, 2020 and 2024.^[1]

Alyssa Buck

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29) Buderim, Australia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Canoe sprint
Medal record World Championships 2022 Dartmouth K-1 1000 m 2022 Dartmouth K-2 Mix 500 m 2023 Duisburg K-1 1000 m 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m 2023 Duisburg K-2 Mix 500 m 2025 Milan K-1 1000 m

Early years

At the age of 16 Buck started ski paddling for surf lifesaving. In 2012 she was the Under 17 Australian Ironwoman Champion. Inspired after watching her surf lifesaving idol Naomi Flood compete at London 2012, Buck took up kayaking.

Buck was also surf lifesaving and competed in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 Ironwoman series.^[2] Along with kayaking, she's a full-time firefighter.^[3]

Achievements

Buck achieved her childhood dream when she made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio . She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event .^[4]

Buck also competed with K-2 partner Alyce Wood. The pair won both K-2 selection events, defeating their idol Naomi Flood and her partner Olympian Jo Brigden-Jones. This was a major upset. They then made the A-Finals of the K-2 500m by finishing third in their semi-final. In the final they came eighth and finished with a time of 1min 51.915sec.^[4]

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Buck was unable to make the final of the women's K-1 500m being knocked out in the semi-final.^[5] Bull paired with Alyce Wood in the Women's K-2 500m. They made it to the final and finished fifth.^[6]

In Paris 2024, Buck got to the Women's K-2 500m final paired with Ella Beere, finishing in seventh, and along with the rest of Australia's K-4 500m, finished eighth in the final.^[1]