Jon Schofield

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jon Schofield
Occupation	Kayaker
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1985(1985-05-10)
Age	39
Birthplace	Petersfield
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Jon Schofield Biography

Jon Schofield is one of the most popular and richest Kayaker who was born on May 10, 1985 in Petersfield, England, United Kingdom. Jon Schofield (born 10 May 1985) is a British canoeist from the UK. He is a teammate along with Liam Heath in the men’s kayak double 200m sprint and has won bronze in the K-2 200 event during the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as an Olympic silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.

Schofield joined forces along with Liam Heath in the sprint double race after Heath made the decision to get back into this sport back in. In their debut season together in 2010, they both won silver medals at the 200m K2 event race at their 2nd World Cup in Szeged and the 3rd World Cup in Duisburg and then became European Champions in July 2010. They took home two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznan with a silver medal in the 4 x 200m K-1 relay as well as bronze medal in the K-2 200m race.

Representing Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men’s K-2 200 metres, he and Liam Heath finished 2nd in their heat, 4th overall, qualifying for the semifinals. They won the bronze in the kayak K2 200m final after being edged out of the silver by the Belarus team.

At the National Regatta in Nottingham in April 2012, Schofield and Heath met GB Canoeing’s K2 200m nomination criteria to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympiad. They won silver medals in World Cup 1 in Poznan and World Cup 2 in Duisburg and were part of the four-man GB 200m relay team that won the gold medal in Duisburg. Schofield and Heath formally became members of Team GB on 14 June 2012. A week later, at the European Canoe Sprint Championships in Zagreb they won the K2 200m title for the third year in a row.

Schofield changed to flatwater sprints in 2007, as canoeing races in wild water are not included in the Olympic Games He also was considering being an Olympic champion his final ambition. For the discipline of flatwater sprint kayaking Schofield was a competitor with Ben Brown in the 500m K2 event at the 2007 World Championships, but in finishing 9th place the pair failed to make it into Beijing in 2008. Beijing Olympics.

Jon Schofield Net Worth

Jon Schofield is one of the richest Kayaker from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jon Schofield 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Schofield was a student at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School from 1996 until 2003. He was a student of Human Biology at Loughborough University and then took two years off to try and get there for his 2008 Beijing Games. The university graduated him in the summer of of 2010. And he also has an MSc in the field of applied Physiotherapy in addition to Biomechanics at Brunel University. He resides in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Schofield was involved in canoeing wild water as a junior and was selected for the junior national team. He won the Junior World Championships in Bala, North Wales in 2002. In the end, he was all-around World Cup winner in 2006. He was the European champion in 2007.

In the 2011 international season Schofield and Heath won two silver medals at World Cups 1 and 2 at Poznan and Račice and retained their K2 200m title at the European Championships in Belgrade in June 2011. At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged in August they won the silver medal, thereby gaining qualification for the GB K2 boat in the Men’s 200m event at the 2012 Olympics. A fortnight after the World Championships Heath and Schofield took part in the London Invitational Olympic Canoe Sprint test event at Eton-Dorney where they won the Bronze medal in the K2 200m. At the end of 2011 Liam and Jon received Olympic Athlete of the Year award in canoeing from the British Olympic Association.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jon Schofield height 6 ft 0 in Jon weight 82 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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At the Olympic Selection event for canoe sprint in April 2016 in Nottingham, Heath and Schofield won the K2 200m race and set a new course record, thereby guaranteeing their nomination to the BOC to compete at the Rio Olympics.

Facts & Trivia

Jon Ranked on the list of most popular Kayaker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jon Schofield celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.