Rhys Grant (born 6 February 1987) is an Australian rower. He is a 2016 Olympian and an Australian national champion from Perth, Western Australia.

Personal

Grant was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and lives in Perth. He attended Trinity College, Perth and completed a B Civil Eng at

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. His father Guy Grant was an Australian representative ice-hockey player between 1979 and 1986.

Club and national career

Grant rows from the West Australian Rowing Club. On eight occasions in the nine years from 2008 to 2016 Grant was seated in the West Australian men's eight who contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He stroked that crew in 2008 and 2009. For six consecutive years from 2011 to 2016 he was also West Australia's representative to contest the interstate men's Single scull - the President's Cup. In 2013 and 2016 he won that event. On five occasions he has rowed in both the King's Cup eight and the single scull in the Interstate Regatta at the Australian Rowing Championships

International rowing career

Grant raced in an Australian men's

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at the

2014 World Rowing Championships The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...

in Amsterdam. On the strength of his 2016 Australian President's Cup win Grant pursued and attained Olympic qualification at the final 2016 European Qualification Regatta at Lucerne. Grant was selected to race for Australia in the single scull at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He won his heat, placed in the quarter-final and finished in fifth place in his semi-final. He finished in third place in the B final for an overall 9th place finish in the Rio 2016 single scull competition.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Rhys 1987 births Living people Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Australian male rowers Sportsmen from Western Australia Curtin University alumni 21st-century Australian sportspeople People educated at Trinity College, Perth