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Simon Fairweather (born October 9 1969 ) is an athlete born in Adelaide , South Australia, he is 175 centimetres tall and he weighs 71kg He competes in Archery .

Fairweather won the individual Gold Medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991 .

Fairweather was declared the Young Australian Of The Year in 1991 and 1992 .

After an early Olympic career in which he was generally considered not to have lived up to his promise, Fairweather shot back into Australia's national consciousness with a gold medal in men's individual archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics .

Fairweather competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 52th overall. He was also a member of the team just missing out of a medal in 4th-place at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Fairweather is married to former Triathlon world champion Jackie Gallagher .