Richard Dalton (born 27 August 1979) is an Irish-born, Canadian sprint canoeist. He has won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (C-1 200 m: 2010 - tied with Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban, C-1 1000 m: 2005, C-2 1000 m: 2002). He also won a C-2 silver medal at the 2000 world marathon championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The distance at a marathon event varies between 36 and 40 km. Dalton competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, earning sixth place in both the C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m events. References Sports-reference.com profile 1979 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Irish emigrants to Canada Living people Olympic canoeists of Canada Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Sportspeople from County Cork ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games