William O'Shannessy
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sydney University Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
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William O'Shannessy (born 28 August 1999) is an Australian representative rower. He has represented at underage and senior World Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.
Club and state rowing
[edit]O'Shannessy was educated and took up rowing at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney. His senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club.[1] He first made state selection for New South Wales in the 2018 men's youth eight which contested and won the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[2] He made a second New South Wales youth eight appearance in 2019.[3]
In 2021 O'Shannessy moved into the New South Wales senior eight to contest the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships[4] In 2022 and 2023 O'Shannessy rowed in the New South Wales eights which won the King's Cup.[5]
At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships he won the open coxless four national title in an all SUBC crew.[6]
International representative rowing
[edit]O'Shannessy made his Australian representative debut in a coxless four at the 2019 U23 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota Florida. They finished ninth overall.[7]
O'Shannessy was selected in the Australian senior team for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[8] He rowed in the six seat the Australian men's eight to a silver medal placings at the World Rowing Cups III in July 2022. At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, O'Shannessy took to the seven seat.[7] The eight won through their repechage to make the A final where they raced to a third place and a World Championship bronze medal.[7]
In March 2023 O'Shannessy was again selected in the Australian senior men's sweep-oar squad for the 2023 international season.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ O'Shannessy profile at Rowing Australia
- ^ 2018 Interstate Regatta at Guerin Foster
- ^ 2019 Interstate Regatta at Guerin Foster
- ^ 2021 Interstate Regatta
- ^ 2022 Interstate Regatta results
- ^ 2023 Australian Championships
- ^ a b c O'Shannessy at World Rowing
- ^ 2022 Australian Team announcements
- ^ 2023 Australian Squad announcement
