Ross Brown (born 17 October 1981) is an Australian former national and world champion lightweight rower.

Club and state rowing

Born in Bentley, Western Australia, Brown was educated at

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, where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing was with the

Swan River Rowing Club The Swan River Rowing Club is a rowing club that was founded in 1887 in Perth, Western Australia. It has had rowing sheds at different locations on the Swan River. The Canning River was a location of regattas and social events for the club. ...

before winning a scholarship to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. From 2002 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2011 Brown was selected to represent Western Australia in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He was in the victorious West Australian fours of 2007, 2008 and 2009.

International representative rowing

Brown first represented Australia at the 2002 World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne in a lightweight

coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right h ...

with his West Australian team-mate

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which placed sixth. They rowed together that same year in the World Rowing U23 Championships in Genoa taking the silver medal.Brown at World Rowing
/ref> In 2003 Brown and Nicholls teamed up with the Tasmanians Tom Gibson and

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in a lightweight coxless four. They finished in overall twelfth place at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne but then at the 2003 World Rowing U23 Championships in Belgrade they took the gold medal and claimed an U23 World Championship. At the

2004 World Rowing Championships The 2004 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 27 July to 1 August 2004 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships on lake Banyoles in Catalonia, Spain. Since 2004 was an Olympic year for r ...

in Banyoles he won a bronze medal in the lightweight eight. At Gifu, Japan 2005 he raced in a lightweight

with George Roberts and finished in eleventh place. He continued in the coxless pair in 2007 and at the

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with

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he won bronze. In 2009 he rowed in a lightweight coxless four at the World Championships to a fourteenth placing. In 2010 at the World Championships in Lake Karapiro, Brown was seated at bow in the Australian men's lightweight eight who placed second and won the silver medal. The lightweight eight stayed together into 2011 with the changeout of Perry Ward and Angus Tyers for Rod Chisolm and Tom Gibson and a move of

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into the stroke seat. At the 2011 World Championships in Bled they raced their final to perfection coming through the field from the 500mark, sitting second at the 1000 and the 1500, and running down the Italians in the last 200m to take the gold by 0.17seconds, winning Brown his first and only World Championship title.

Post competitive rowing

After winning gold at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in the men's lightweight eight, he became the High Performance Development Officer with Rowing Australia.Rowing Australia – Ross Brown Profile
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References

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Webster's coxswain call of the Australian LM8+ World Championship win of 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Ross 1981 births Living people Australian male rowers People educated at Aquinas College, Perth World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Rowers from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia