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{{Short description|Australian archer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Simon Fairweather
| image = Simon fairweather.JPG
| caption = Fairweather at 2009 Archery World Cup
| full_name = Simon John Fairweather
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|9 October 1969}}
| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia
| spouse = [[Jacquilyn Fairweather]] (2004–2014; her death)
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 71 kg
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[archery]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|Individual]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Archery Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Archery Championships|1991 Krakow]] | Individual }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1991 World Archery Championships|1991 Krakow]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Archery at the 2025 World Games|2025 Chengdu]] | Barebow }}
}}

'''Simon John Fairweather''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (born 9 October 1969) is an [[Archery|archer]] born in [[Adelaide]], South Australia. 

==Career==
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.

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, "stopping the nation" with his gold-medal performance in men's individual archery at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. He was also a member of the Australian team which finished twelfth in the [[Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team|team competition]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|title=|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/simon-fairweather-1.html|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=13 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813194136/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/simon-fairweather-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Simon went to 5 Olympic Games: [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]. He has won countless Australia titles over a 20-year period.

In 1997, Fairweather gained a degree in jewellery design from the [[University of South Australia]].

In 2002, Fairweather was inducted into the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] Best of the Best.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best of the Best |url=http://ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best |work=Australian Sports Commission Website |accessdate=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604233059/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/best_of_the_best |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Fairweather was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/simon-fairweather/|title=Simon Fairweather|publisher=[[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] |accessdate=25 September 2020 }}</ref>

On 1 February 2009, [[Archery Australia]] announced the appointment of Fairweather as National Head Coach of Archery in Australia.

==Personal life==
Fairweather was married to former [[triathlon]] world champion [[Jackie Fairweather]] (née Gallagher) from 2004 until her death on 2 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 July 2004 |title=Fairweather and friends target golden opportunity |url=http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/07/22/1090464803348.html}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Archery}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|simon-fairweather|org_archive=20201018062016}}
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame|simon-fairweather}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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{{succession box
| before = [[Michael Klim]]
| after = [[Petria Thomas]] and [[Philippe Rizzo]]
| title = [[Australian Institute of Sport|Australian Athlete of the Year]]
| years = 2000
}}
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{{Olympic Champions Archery Men Individual}}
{{Footer World Champions Individual Recurve Men}}
{{Young Australians of the Year}}

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