Daniel Noonan
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Daniel Noonan (born 28 October 1979 in
Warren, New South Wales Warren is a town in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located off the Mitchell Highway, 120 kilometres north west of Dubbo, and is the seat of the Warren Shire local government area. At the , Warren had a population of 1,530 ...
) is an Australian former representative rower. He was a national champion, a world champion, a dual Olympian and an Olympic medal winner.


Club and state rowing

Noonan was educated at
St Ignatius College, Riverview Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, conducted in the Jesuit tradition, located in Riverview, a small suburb located on the Lane Cove River on t ...
where he took up rowing. At Riverview in 1997 he stroked the school's 1st VIII to victory in the
Riverview Gold Cup The Riverview Gold Cup Regatta is a Rowing (sport), rowing regatta with limited club events and mainly school crew events, held annually by Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is an official Rowing NSW event ...
regatta – one of the premier events in the Sydney club calendar. It was the first time the Riverview schoolboy eight had won the senior open event at the Riverview Gold Cup in its 112-year history. His senior club rowing was from the
Sydney University Boat Club Sydney University Boat Club is the rowing club in Sydney, Australia with the oldest charter having been formed in 1860 by the founders of the University of Sydney. It has had a boatshed presence in various locations on Sydney Harbour since 1886, ...
and later the
Mosman Rowing Club Mosman Rowing Club is an all-level competitive and recreational rowing club on the North Shore of Sydney. Since 2007 the club's facilities have been wholly located at The Spit in Sydney's Middle Harbour, the northern arm of Port Jackson. Merc ...
in Sydney. Noonan first made state representation for New South Wales in the 1999 youth eight contesting the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the
Australian Rowing Championships Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...
. Ten years later in 2009 he was picked in the New South Wales senior eight competing for the
King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...
at the Interstate Regatta. He then raced in five New South Wales eights from 2009 to 2013 for five consecutive
King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...
victories. He stroked those crews of 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. At the 2006
Australian Rowing Championships Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...
in
Sydney University Boat Club Sydney University Boat Club is the rowing club in Sydney, Australia with the oldest charter having been formed in 1860 by the founders of the University of Sydney. It has had a boatshed presence in various locations on Sydney Harbour since 1886, ...
colours he contested all three sculling championship titles –
single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minimi ...
,
double scull A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly s ...
and the
quad scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Rac ...
. At the 2011 Australian Championships, by now in Mosman colours, he again competed in all three men's sculling boat classes and claimed the national title in the 4X.


International representative rowing

Notwithstanding his King's Cup success for New South Wales in the sweep-oared men's eight, Noonan's Australian representation was, aside from his junior debut, always in sculling boats. His World Championship medal success – gold in 2011, bronze in 2010 and silver in 2009 – came as stroke of the Australian men's
quad scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Rac ...
. Both his Olympic appearances were in the stroke seat of the quad – fourth place in the Olympic final at
Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
and a bronze medal in
London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.Noonan at World Rowing
/ref> Noonan first represented Australia at the 1997
Junior World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31 December of the year in which he reaches the age of ...
in Hazewinkel, Belgium where he stroked a junior
coxed four A coxed four, also known as a 4+, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oa ...
to a fifth placing. His next national appearance was in 2000 in an U23 quad scull racing at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne before contesting the 2000
World Rowing U23 Championships World Rowing U23 Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA" , ) is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the physical and electronic sur ...
in Copenhagen where they took a silver medal. It was 2006 before Noonan secured a place in the Australian senior squad. He stroked the men's quad at two
World Rowing Cup The World Rowing Cup is an international rowing competition organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It began in 1997 and comprises three regattas (apart from in 2001 when there were four) held throughout early summer. In each even ...
s in Europe before contesting 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 where they finished in overall ninth place. In 2007 he competed in a single scull at World Rowing Cups in Linz and in Amsterdam. In 2008 he was back in the men's quad with
James McRae James McRae (born 27 June 1987) is an Australian former representative rower. He is a national champion, world champion, three time Olympian, Olympic medallist and record holder. In the Australian men's quad scull he won a silver medal at the ...
and Brendan Long as they prepared their Olympic campaign. They contested two World Rowing Cups with Peter Hardcastle in the other seat, then at
Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
Hardcastle was changed out for Chris Morgan in the bow. In their first race at Beijing, they broke the world record to win their heat. That time of 5:36.20 stood as the Olympic best time until the
2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. Noonan stroked that crew to a fourth placing in the Olympic final – 1/3 of a second behind the French bronze medallists. With unfinished business from Beijing, Noonan held the stoke seat in the Australian men's quad for the entire next Olympiad and led those crews to considerable success. With Crawshay and newcomers
Jared Bidwell Jared Bidwell (born 13 July 1987 in Hamilton, Queensland) is an Australian rower. He was a Queensland state representative in both sculling and sweep-oared boats and an Australian silver-medal winning representative at world championships. Clu ...
&
Nick Hudson Nick Hudson (born 7 October 1983, in Sydney) is an Australian former rower. He was an U23 world champion, an Australian national champion and was a silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships. Club and state rowing Hudson was educated at ...
they rowed an incredible campaign at the
2009 World Rowing Championships The 2009 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 23 to 30 August 2009 at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held ...
in Poznan. After placing fourth in their heat, they fought through a repechage and semi-final to make the final in which they pulled off a stunning second place and a silver medal. In 2010 McRae and Morgan were again in crew contention along with
Karsten Forsterling Karsten Forsterling (born 21 January 1980) is an Australian former representative rower. He was a national champion, world champion, a dual Olympian and Olympic medal winner. He represented Australia at eight senior world rowing cham ...
. A combination raced at two World Rowing Cups in Europe that year and then in Lake Karapiro at the
2010 World Rowing Championships The 2010 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 7 November 2010 on Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organised by FISA (the International Rowi ...
Noonan, Crawshay, McRae and Fosterling rowed to a bronze medal. In 2011 Crawshay was changed-out for Chris Morgan and this combination commenced their Olympic campaign. At Bled 2011 in an upset, the Australian quad defeated the fancied German crew to win world championship gold. Following a costly mistake in the German boat the Australian crew took the lead in the last few metres of the race and won by 0.25secs. The world champion Australian quad remained together with seats unchanged into the
2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. At Eton Dorney they placed third in their heat but qualified through to the semi-final where they finished second behind Croatia. In the 2012 Olympic final they were in fourth place at each mark before coming home to take the bronze medal behind the Croatian and German boats. Noonan made no retirement announcement after London and continued to row at the highest national level into 2013, however ultimately the 2012 Olympics proved to be his last Australian representative appearance.


Coaching

In 2012 Noonan was appointed as the Head of Rowing at his former school St Ignatius College.Noonan post 2012 Olympics
/ref> In 2022 he coached the New South Wales men's senior eight to a King's Cup victory at the Interstate Regatta.


References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noonan, Daniel 1979 births Living people Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian people