Marty Rabjohns (born 9 April 1978 in

Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...

) is an Australian former rowing coxswain. He was a four-time Australian national champion and a 2008 Olympian.

Club and state rowing

Rabjohns was educated at The King's School in Sydney where he took up rowing. He matriculated in 1996. His senior club rowing was from the

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. He first made state selection for New South Wales in the 2003 senior men's eight which contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

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He again coxed New South Wales King's Cup eights in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, steering those crews to King's Cup victory in 2005 and 2008. In Sydney University Boat Club colours, Rabjohns coxed crews contesting national titles at the

on a number of occasions. In 2005 and 2007 he steered a composite New South Wales fours competing for the

coxed four A coxed four, also known as a 4+, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oa ...

title. In 2006 he coxed a composite Sydney University Boat Club/University of Queensland/University of Technology Sydney crew to victory as the champion Australian coxed four. That crew contained the American Winklevoss twins who at the time were rowing with the

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. In 2008 he again won an Australian championship coxed four title, this time in an all Sydney University crew.

International representative rowing

Rabjohns made his Australian representative debut in 2006 amongst a boatload of new faces in the Australian men's eight. Stefan Szczurowski was the only continuing crew member from the 2004 Olympic eight and Rowing Australia had not boated a representative eight in 2005. Rabjohns was in the coxswain's seat at two 2006

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s in Europe and then at the

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at Eton Dorney where he steered the crew to fourth place. He secured his seat as Australia's senior representative coxswain into 2007 and steered the eight at World Rowing Cups in Amsterdam and Lucerne and then at the

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in Munich. At those championships he coxed an Australian pair of

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and Jason Heard to fourth place and also the eight which missed the A final and finished in overall eighth place.Rabjohns at World Rowing
/ref> Coming into the 2008 Olympic campaign, Rabjohns beat out his Victorian opponent

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and held his place in the stern of the eight. At the

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that crew finished last in their heat, fought through a repechage to make the Olympic final and finished in sixth place. It was Rabjohn's final representative appearance.

Professional career

Rabjohns undertook broad tertiary studies - a B.Applied Science from

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, a Grad Diploma in Education from

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, an MBA from

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and a Masters of Philosophy from the

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. He has worked in performance related roles for the

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, the

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and the Canberra office of

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.Rabjohns at LinkedIn
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabjohns, Marty 1978 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian coxswains (rowing) Sportspeople from Goulburn Sportsmen from New South Wales People educated at The King's School, Parramatta University of Canberra alumni University of Technology Sydney alumni University of Sydney alumni