Michael Wiseman (born 24 June 1977) is an Australian former lightweight rower, a world champion and national champion. He won a gold medal at the

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in Aiguebelette in the lightweight men's

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Club and state rowing

Wiseman attended

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where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing was from the

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. Wiseman rowed in five consecutive New South Wales representative men's lightweight fours contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

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from 1996 to 2000. Those New South Wales crews of 1997 and 1998 were victorious.

International representative rowing

Wiseman first represented Australia aged just eighteen in the lightweight

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at the 1995

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at Groningen in The Netherlands where the Australian four won the silver medal.Wiseman at World Rowing
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in a

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. The Australian junior squad was decimated by food poisoning at those championships in Poznan, Poland but the coxed four was the only sweep crew unaffected and able to race as selected. They won the gold. Then at the 1996

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Wiseman stroked an Australian lightweight coxless four to a gold medal victory. In 1997 he made his debut in an Australian senior crew – the

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coached men's lightweight eight. At the

in Aiguebelette, Wiseman stroked the Australians to a thrilling final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Wiseman won his first and only World Championship title. At the 1999 World Championships in St Catharines Canada, Wiseman rowed a lightweight coxless pair with Robert Mitchell to a seventh place finish. In 2000 Wiseman made his last Australian representative appearance at the lightweight-only

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in Zagreb in the men's eight. They won the bronze medal.

Post competition

Wiseman led the consultation in the rebuilding of the Sydney University boatshed at Linley Point on Burns Bay. The shed was burnt down in 2006 and rebuilding was not complete until 2017.SU Boatshed re-opens
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiseman, Michael 1977 births Living people Australian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Place of birth missing (living people)