Robert Jahrling (born 14 February 1974) is an East Berlin-born Olympian

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parentage who competed for

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at three Olympic Games. He is an Australian state and national champion, a medallist at

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, Rowing World Cups, Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal at the

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in the men's eight.

Personal

Jahrling was born in East Berlin, Germany. His parents,

Marina Wilke Marina Wilke (later Jährling, born 28 February 1958) is a German rowing cox who competed for East Germany in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career She was born in Berlin. She competed for . At the 1975 World Rowing Championships ...

and

Harald Jährling Harald Jährling (born 20 June 1954) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Private life Jährling was born in Burg bei Magdeburg in 1954. In 1974, when he was 19, he had a ...

, are both Olympic gold medallists in rowing for East Germany. His mother – the coxswain of the East German women's eight – was not yet sixteen when Jahrling was born. Jahrling attended Dynamo Berlin Sports School in East Berlin and

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(1991–1992) where he was coached by Robert Buntine and Michael Morgan. He holds a BA (Commerce) with majors in International Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management from

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where he graduated in 2000. According to Jahrling's LinkedIn profile he completed further education at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia Business School, Stanford University, Yale School of Management, University of Oxford, Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and Wharton School University of Pennsylvania. Jahrling works as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank where he is a Managing Director and the Head of Equities.

Club and state rowing

Jahrling's senior club rowing was done from

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, where he is an Honorary Life Member. He was first selected to represent New South Wales in the 1993 men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

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. He raced in further King's Cup eights for New South Wales in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. His King's Cup career was during a period of Victorian dominance and Jahrling only saw one NSW victory – in 2004. In

colours Jahrling contested numerous national titles at the

. He won 7 national championships and 21 New South Wales state championship titles. Jahrling represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (1x Silver), 8 World Championships, 3 Commonwealth Games (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) and over 50 World Cup regattas: *6th Place 1996 Atlanta Olympics M8+ *2nd Place 2000 Sydney Olympics M8+ *3rd Place 2002 World Championships Seville M2- *4th Place 2004 Athens Olympics M4- *7x Australian Champion *21x NSW State Champion *1x Kings Cup Gold *7x Kings Cup Silver

Accolades

Jahrling is a five time New South Wales Rower of the Year recipient and has been involved in fund raising activities for Step to the Future and

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. He is an Honorary Life Member of

and a member of the Olympians Club of Australia. He was awarded the keys to the City of Sydney as part of the 2000 Olympic team and in 2002 he won the Australian National Sports Star award for achievements in both sport and business.

Post-rowing career

From 2000, Jahrling worked as an investment banker for

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in Australia and

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in Hong Kong. Later he became a managing director at

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in Australia and the Head of Equity Syndicate.Citi team linked up big freight sale chain
Retrieved 3 May 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jahrling, Robert 1974 births Living people Australian male rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics People educated at Newington College Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia German emigrants to Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany