Richard Merjan

Richard Merjan (born 10 November 1988) is a Lebanese-Australian slalom canoeist.
Merjan took up canoeing in 2001 at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2003 started training with the Australian national team. He holds a dual Australian-Lebanese citizenship, and since 2009 competes for Lebanon. He missed qualifications for the 2012 Olympics due to a bad cut to his hand sustained in 2011. In 2016 he became the first Lebanese slalom canoeist to compete at Olympics. He finished last in the C-1 event.
Merjan has a degree in commerce, finance and language studies from the Deakin University. He works as a flight analyst for an Australian airline.