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Darryn Purcell
Darryn Purcell (born 5 October 1985) is an Australian former national and world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's eight. Club and state rowing Purcell's senior club rowing was from the Toowong Rowing Club in Brisbane. From 2007 to 2015 Purcell was selected at stroke on nine consecutive occasions to represent Queensland in the men's lightweight coxless four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He stroked those Queensland fours for nine of those occasions including three successive Penrith Cup victories from 2013 to 2015. In Toowong Rowing Club colours he contested national championship titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on a number of occasions including the lightweight coxless pair in 2007 and 2008 and the lightweight men's eight in 2007 and 2008. International representative rowing Purcell was first selected to repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars—one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain, called eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century when professional watermen held races (regattas) on the River Thames in London, England. Often prizes were offered by the London G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quad Scull
A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag. They usually have a fin towards the rear, to help prevent roll and yaw. Originally made from wood, shells are now almost always made from a composite material (usually carbon-fiber reinforced plastic) for strength and weight advantages. The riggers in sculling apply the forces symmetrically to each side of the boat. Quad sculls is one of the classes recognized by the International Rowing Federation and the Olympics. FISA rules specify minimum weights for each class of boat so that no individual will gain a great advantage from the use of expensive materials or technology. When there are four rowers in a boat, each with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Rowers
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1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Silcox
Nicholas Silcox (born 11 July 1989) is an Australian former national representative lightweight rower. He won a silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships. Club and state rowing Raised in Bundaberg, Queensland, Silcox's senior club rowing was with the Toowong Rowing Club in Brisbane. In 2011 he was first selected in a Queensland lightweight coxless four to contest the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta. He rowed in six consecutive Queensland Penrith Cup fours from 2011 to 2016 and enjoyed four victories between 2013 and 2016, the final one at stroke. From 2008 to 2010 he contested the men's lightweight eight title at the Australian Rowing Championships in Toowong Rowing Club colours. International representative rowing Silcox first represented Australia at the 2011 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam in a lightweight coxless four which placed eighth. For the 2012 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv he stepped up to the Australian senior squad and rowed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Rowing Championships
The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). In non-Olympic years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar, and as 2015 was a pre-Olympic year, the championships were also the main qualification event for the following year's Olympics and Paralympics. For the first time, Rowing New Zealand started in all (14) Olympic boat classes. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Non-Olympic classes Women's events Non-Olympic classes Para-rowing (adaptive) events Event codes : References External links Official websiteOfficial results {{World championships in 2015 World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships 2015 World Rowing Championships World World Rowing Championships World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Ward
Perry Ward (born 8 December 1987) is an Australian national representative lightweight rower. He rowed in Western Australia's state selection lightweight crew for thirteen consecutive years from 2006 to 2018, winning the national title on four occasions. He represented Australia at eight senior and U23 world championships, stroking every crew in which he was selected and winning a silver medal at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. Club and state rowing Raised in Perth Western Australia, Ward's senior club rowing was with the Swan River Rowing Club. Ward was first selected for West Australia in the men's lightweight four of 2006 to contest the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. That crew led for most of the race but were overhauled by the reigning champion Tasmanians in the last stage. However Ward, Ross Brown and Todd Skipworth returned in 2007 and that year ended the long Tasmanian run of dominance in the Penrith Cup. They wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alister Foot
Alister Foot (born 15 June 1987) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled in the lightweight men's eight. Club and state rowing Raised in Tasmania, Foot's senior club rowing was from the Tamar Rowing Club in Launceston. Much of his state and international career was in boats with his Tamar teammate Blair Tunevitsch. In 2009, 2013 and 2014 Foot was selected to represent Tasmania in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. Such was the depth of Tasmanian lightweight rowing during Foot's career, that from 2010 to 2012 when he was in the Australian lightweight eight, he was unable to secure a seat in the Tasmanian state lightweight four. In 2009 and 2010 in Tamar colours and rowing in composite Tasmanian crews, Foot won the national lightweight eight championship title at the Australian Rowing Championships. Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gibson (rower)
Thomas Gibson (born 6 May 1982 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian lightweight rower. He is a twelve-time Australian national champion, a world champion and a dual Olympian. State and club rowing Gibson's senior club rowing was done from the Huon Rowing Club in Tasmania. From 2004 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2012 Gibson was selected to represent Tasmania in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He stroked the 2004, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Tasmanian state fours to victory, and also rowed to wins in 2005 and 2006. Wearing Huon Rowing Club colours he contested national lightweight titles at the Australian Rowing Championships from 2004. He competed in the lightweight coxless pair championship in 2005; the lightweight four in 2005, 2007, 2008 ; and the lightweight men's eight in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010. He won national titles in 2005 (the pair and the eight); in 2006 and 2010 in the eight; in 2008 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Chisholm (rower)
Roderick Chisholm (born 19 June 1974) is a British lightweight class former rower who represented both Great Britain and Australia at world championships. He is an Australian national champion, a World Champion and a dual Olympian who competed at the world class level in both sculls and in sweep-oared boats. Club and national rowing Chisholm was born in London, United Kingdom and educated at Bedford Modern School. In 1995, he rowed for Cambridge University in the Lightweight Boat Race and won. His club rowing in London was from the Tideway Scullers School where he was club captain. By 2007, Chisholm had relocated to Australia and was rowing in sweep-oared boats from the St George Rowing Club on the Cooks River in Sydney. In 2007, 2008, 2011 & 2012 Chisholm was selected to represent New South Wales in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He contested national lightweight titles wearing St G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 World Rowing Championships
The 2009 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 23 to 30 August 2009 at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar. Medal summary Men's events Non-Olympic classes Women's events Non-Olympic classes Adaptive events Non-Paralympic classes Medal table Men's and women's events Adaptive events References External links Official website {{World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships Rowing competitions in Poland World Rowing Championships Rowing Sport in Poznań 21st century in Poznań 2009 in Polish sport Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
