William "Brodie" Buckland (born 12 December 1983) is an American-born
Australian
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rower
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. He participated in the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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where he competed in the
men's pair event together with his teammate
James Marburg. They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a fifth place. He graduated from
Harvard University
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in 2006.
Buckland was born in
Longmont, Colorado, and raised in
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
Europea ...
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1983 births
Living people
Australian male rowers
Olympic rowers for Australia
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Harvard Crimson rowers
American expatriates in Australia
People from Longmont, Colorado
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