James Marburg (born 27 December 1982) is an Australian retired rower. He is a dual Olympian, Olympic silver medallist and has represented Australia at five World Rowing Championships.

Education

Marburg attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat. He undertook undergraduate studies at

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and legal studies at

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Club and national rowing

Marburg's senior rowing was done from the Melbourne University Boat Club. He was selected in the Victorian state representative eights who raced for the King's Cup at the

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on eight consecutive occasions from 2005 to 2012. Those Victorian crews saw King's Cup victories in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he teamed up with Cameron McKenzie-McHarg to win the Australian national

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championship beating out the fancied veteran duo of

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and

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International representative rowing

He gained selection in Australian VIIIs who competed at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships and considered that he was in contention for the Beijing Olympics. In 2008 Marburg was selected in the men's coxless four, with Francis Hegerty, Matt Ryan and Cameron McKenzie-McHarg. The crew won their event at the 2008 World Rowing Cup I in Lucerne, Switzerland. The crew then turned their attention to the Olympic Qualification Regatta in Poznan. Ryan was struck down by illness and had to be replaced for the race by Terrence Alfred and the crew achieved qualification for the Olympic Games. In Beijing, the crew led for a large part of the race before placing second behind the race favourites from Great Britain to take the silver medal. Marburg was selected in an unchanged men's coxless four for the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan,

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and won a silver medal. The following year he moved into the VIII which won bronze at the

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at the 2010 World Championships. In 2011 he was again selected into the VIII which placed fourth at the 2011 World Championships in

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. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, Marburg was selected into the men's pair with team-mate

Brodie Buckland William "Brodie" Buckland (born 12 December 1983) is an American-born Australian rower. He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the men's pair event together with his teammate James Marburg. They qualified ...

. The pair reached the final of the men's pair, placing fifth. Following the London games he retired from rowing.https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/986016/olympic-rowing-medallist-marburg-announces-retirement/

Professional career

Marburg began his legal career as a solicitor at

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Melbourne in 2014. Since 2020 he has been a senior associate at

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Melbourne.

References

External links

Official Olympics biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marburg, James Living people Australian male rowers Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1982 births Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state)