Timothy James Young (born 11 August 1956) is an Australian former Olympic representative

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. He was twice an Australian national champion, represented twice at World Championships and competed in the men's eight event at the

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Club and state rowing

Young's senior club rowing was from the Monash University Rowing Club.Young Profile at Austn Rowing History
/ref> In 1978 he stroked the Monash senior VIII which won the men's eight championship at that year's Australian University Rowing Championships. State representative honours first came for Young in 1974 when was selected to represent Victoria as the men's youth eight contesting the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the

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. That crew placed third. In 1976 Young moved into the Victorian men's senior eight which contested the King's Cup at the annual Interstate Regatta. He made three King's Cup appearances for Victoria between 1976 and 1980 and saw victories in 1979 and 1980.

International representative rowing

Young made his Australian representative debut in 1978 when selected in a coxless four to race at the

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on Lake Karapiro. That crew finished in ninth place. For the

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in Bled, the strong Victorian showing in that year's

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saw Young amongst a number of Victorians selected into the Australian men's eight. An injury during the campaign to Rob Lang resulted in the squad's selected sculler Ted Hale stepping into the five seat of the eight. That crew placed third in their semi-final and fourth in the final. For the

1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

the new Australian Director of Coaching

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utilised small boating racing criteria and selected an eight with rowers from three states including Young in the seven seat. The Australian eight finished in fifth place in the Olympic final. It was Young's last Australian representative appearance.

Personal

Young married fellow 1980 Australian rowing Olympian Anne Chirnside. He practised as a solicitor. For a period they owned the historic rural property Mouyong in the Little River area. The property had historical connections to earlier generations of the Chirnside family.Mouyong History
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Tim 1956 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportspeople