Sam Conrad (born 27 October 1980 in New South Wales) is an Australian former representative rower. He was a national champion, a world champion and an Olympian like his father and grandfather.
Rowing pedigree
Conrad's grandfather Maurice Grace from the
North Shore Rowing Club
North Shore Rowing Club is the oldest sporting club on the north side of Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia formed in 1879. It has occupied its current site on the Lane Cove River at Yacht Bay, Longueville since 1933. The club has a focus on mas ...
in Sydney raced the Australian
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 ...
at the
1956 Melbourne Olympics
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and placed fourth. Sam's father
Tim Conrad
Tim Conrad (born 6 January 1951) is an Australian rowing coach and former Olympian rower. He was a five time national champion and competed in the men's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Club and state rowing
Raised in Brisbane, Conrad ...
was a New South Wales
King's Cup
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winner from the
UNSW Rowing Club
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and later the
Sydney Rowing Club
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who rowed in the six seat of the Australian men's eight at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal who finished fifth.
Club and state rowing
Conrad was educated at
Brisbane Grammar School
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where he took up rowing. His senior rowing was from the University of Queensland Boat Club.
He was first selected to represent Queensland in the men's youth eight which contested the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy in the Interstate Regatta within the 2001
Australian Rowing Championships
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. He raced again in the victorious Queensland youth eight of 2002. On six successive occasions between 2003 and 2008 he rowed in the Queensland senior men's eight contesting the King's Cup at the Australian Interstate Regatta. He stroked those eights in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In Queensland University colours and racing with his world championship partner
Hardy Cubasch
Hardy Cubasch (born 27 October 1980) is an Australian former national champion and world champion rower.
Club and state rowing
Cubasch's senior rowing was done from the Queensland University Boat Club. He completed a B.Commerce at the Univers ...
, Conrad contested national titles at the
Australian Rowing Championships
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. In 2005 they won the Australian men's pair and men's coxless four national titles. They contested those same national titles in 2006 and in a composite selection trial crew with
Drew Ginn
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and
David Crawshay
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from
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they won the Australian men's coxless four championship and were presented with the Bob Aitken Memorial Trophy in its inaugural for that event. In 2007 and 2008 he contested the men's coxless four again in composite selection crews and in 2007 with Ginn,
Duncan Free
Duncan Seth Free (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Australian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He is dual Olympian and two-time world champion who represented Australia at four world rowing championships in both sculls and sweep oared boats. He ...
and
James Tomkins he won the title a second time.
International representative rowing
Conrad was first selected to represent Australia in an all-Queensland men's junior
coxed four
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The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oa ...
at the 2001
Junior World Rowing Championships
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in Duisburg, Germany. That four, coached by his father Tim, placed seventh.
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In 2002 he was selected in the Australian men's eight who contested the World Rowing U23 Championships
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in Genoa and achieved a fourth placing.[Conrad at World Rowing](_blank)
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in Belgrade he was in the six seat of the men's eight who won a bronze U23 World Championship medal.
For the 2004 World Rowing Championships
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Conrad made his first appearance in a senior Australian representative crew when he stroked a coxless four
A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain.
The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ...
to the A final, but a sixth-place finish. In 2005 he was picked to stroke a coxed pair
A coxed pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain.
The crew consists of two rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. One rower ...
at the 2005 World Rowing Championships
The 2005 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 August to 4 September 2005 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The international rowing season usually ends wi ...
in Gifu, Japan with Hardy Cubasch
Hardy Cubasch (born 27 October 1980) is an Australian former national champion and world champion rower.
Club and state rowing
Cubasch's senior rowing was done from the Queensland University Boat Club. He completed a B.Commerce at the Univers ...
at bow and Marc Douez
Marc Douez (born 20 September 1981 in Victoria ) is an Australian former national champion and world champion rowing coxswain.
Club and state rowing
Douez' senior coxing was done from the Melbourne University Boat Club.
He was first selecte ...
up front. The pair led the race from start to finish and claimed Australia's second ever World Championship title in that boat class.
From 2006 to 2008 Conrad held a seat in the Australian men's senior eight. He contested two World Rowing Cups in Europe in 2006 and was seated at four when the eight raced at the 2006 World Rowing Championships
The 2006 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 20 to 27 August 2006 at Dorney Lake, Eton, Great Britain.
Medal summary
Men
Non-Olympic classes
Women
Non-Olympic classes
Wettbewerbe des Pararuderns ...
at Eton Dorney to a fourth placing. He competed in the eight at World Rowing Cups II and III in 2007 and was in the five seat when they contested the 2007 World Rowing Championships
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Medal summary
Men's events
Non-Olympic classes
Women's events
No ...
in Munich and placed eighth. His final Australian representative appearances were in the 2008 Olympic year. He competed in the lead-up World Rowing Cups and then was seated at seven in the men's eight who raced to a sixth place in the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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References
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1983 births
Australian male rowers
Living people
World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia
Olympic rowers for Australia
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
21st-century Australian sportspeople
Sportsmen from New South Wales
People educated at Brisbane Grammar School