{{short description|Australian canoeist}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alyssa Buck | birth_name = Alyssa Bull | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Buderim, Australia | height = 1.73 m | weight = 65 kg | country = Australia | sport = Canoe sprint | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Dartmouth|K-1 1000 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Dartmouth|K-2 Mix 500 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Duisburg|K-1 1000 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Dartmouth|K-4 500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Duisburg|K-2 Mix 500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Milan|K-1 1000 m}} }}
'''Alyssa Buck''' ({{nee|'''Bull'''}}; born 1 December 1995) is an Australian canoeist. She represented Australia in three Olympic Games, 2016, 2020 and 2024.<ref name=aoc>{{Cite web |title=Aly Bull |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/aly-bull/ |access-date=8 April 2021 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=aoc/> Along with kayaking, she's a full-time firefighter.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-26/kayaker-firefighter-olympian-world-champion-aly-bull/102638964 Gold Coast dual Olympian, world champion kayaker and full-time firefighter Aly Bull insists she's no hero]</ref>
==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 .<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Alyssa Bull |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/alyssa-bull |url-status=dead |work=Rio 2016 Olympics |accessdate=19 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/alyssa-bull |archivedate=26 August 2016}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Bio" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=23 October 2021 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref> Bull paired with Alyce Wood in the Women's K-2 500m. They made it to the final and finished fifth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alyssa BULL |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alyssa-bull |access-date=23 October 2021 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
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.<ref name=aoc/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ICF|name=Alyssa Buck}} * {{Olympics.com|name=Alyssa Bull}} * {{Olympedia|name=Alyssa Bull}} * {{InterSportStats|3000495849|Alyssa Bull}} * {{AOC|name=Aly Bull}} * {{Instagram|name=Aly Bull}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 1000 m Women}} {{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 500 m Mixed}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buck, Alyssa}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female canoeists Category:Olympic canoeists for Australia Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen