Australian Paralympic Rowing Team
Rowing was added to the Summer Paralympic Games competition schedule at the 2008 Beijing Games. Australia has been represented since 2008 Games.[1]
Medal table
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Medalists
[edit]2008
[edit]| Medal | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
 Silver
|
Kathryn Ross, John Maclean, | Mixed Double Scull |
2012
[edit]| Medal | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Silver
|
Erik Horrie | Men's Single Scull |
2016
[edit]| Medal | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Silver
|
Erik Horrie | Men's Single Scull |
2020
[edit]| Medal | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Silver
|
Erik Horrie | Men's Single Scull |
Summer Paralympic Games
[edit]2008 Beijing
[edit]Representing Australia in rowing:
Single scull - Dominic Monypenny
Double scull - John Maclean, Kathryn Ross
Coaches - Coaches - Peter Albisser (Head Coach), Rik Bryan
Officials - Section Manager - Adam Horner
Rowing made its debut at the Beijing Games and Australia competed in two of the four events and won a silver medal in the double scull.[2]
Australia won a silver medal.
2012 London
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Representing Australia in rowing:
Single scull – Erik Horrie
Pair – Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross[3]
Coach - Chad King
Officials - Section Manager - Dean Oakman, Boat Technician – Urs Graf, Physiotherapist – Erin Smyth
[4]
2016 Rio
[edit]Representing Australia in rowing:
'Men's single scull' - Erik Horrie
Mixed double scull - Kathryn Ross (rower), Gavin Bellis, >br/>
Mixed cox four - Josephine Burnand (d) (cox), Davinia Lefroy (d), Kathleen Murdoch (d), Brock Ingram (d), Jeremy McGrath (rower) (d)
Coaches - Gordon Marcks, Tara Huntly, Jason Baker
Officials - Team Manager - Dean Oakman, Boatman - Chris O'Brien[5]
Australia qualified a boat in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four for the first time.[6] Erik Horrie repeated his medal success in London with a silver medal.
2020 Tokyo
[edit]Representing Australia in rowing:
Men's single scull - Erik Horrie
Mixed double scull - Kathryn Ross (rower), Simon Albury,
Mixed cox four - Tom Birtwhistle, James Talbot, Nikki Ayers, Alexandra Viney, Renae Domaschenz (cox)
Coaches - Elizabeth Chapman, Lincoln Handley, Jason Baker
Officials- Team Leader - Gordon Marcks, Physiotherapist - Sarah Hammond [7]
Erik Horrie repeated his medal success in London and Rio with a silver medal.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rowing results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Target gold as rowing team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ |title=Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-paralympic-rowers-to-turn-silver-into-gold/%7CAustralian[permanent dead link] Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016
- ^ Media Guide Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Paralympics Australia. 2021.