History of World Rowing Under 23 Championships

2001 Nations Cup— Linz Austria

This was another good Australian under 23 team returning with three gold, one silver and two bronze medals - an exceptional result.

The depth of women's rowing was sensational both in the senior and under 23 teams. In this team gold medals in the double, quad and four, and in the senior team gold in the four, eight and lightweight quad. What a year.

On the men's side, the quad and pair doubled up at both the senior and under 23 championships.

The team also raced at the World Cup.

Australian Team

Men's Single Scull - Fourth

Mitchell Punch (ACT)
Cch: Nick Hunter (ACT)

Men's Double Scull - Ninth

Bow: Henry Gundry (ACT)
Str: Michael Irvine (NSW)
Cch: Nick Hunter (ACT)

Men's Quad Scull – Bronze

Bow: Shaun Coulton (QLD)
2: David Crawshay (VIC)
3: Tom Laurich (NSW)
Str: Brendan Long (TAS)
Cch: Reinhold Batschi (ACT)

Men's Pair – Silver

Bow: Neil Dennis (WA)
Str: Stefan Szczurowski (WA)
Cch: Uwe Bender (WA)

Men's Four – Fourth

Bow: Warren Keeble (VIC)
2: Luke Pougnault (WA)
3: Travis Johnstone (VIC)
Str: David Matthews (NSW)
Cch: Uwe Bender (WA)

Men's Eight – Fourth

Bow: Trent Collins (SA)
2: David Cook (QLD)
3: Robert Giblin (NSW)
4: Ben Hegerty (NSW)
5: Sam Kingston (QLD)
6: Ben McGeachie (QLD)
7: Luke Pritchard (WA)
Str: Greg Taylor (SA)
Cox: Cameron Muir (VIC)
Cch: John Bowes (QLD)

Men's Lightweight Four – Bronze

Bow: Tim O'Callaghan (NSW)
2: Simon Strong (NSW)
3: James Wilmott (NSW)
Str: Stewart Wood (NSW)
Cch: Bob Bleakley (ACT)

Women's Double Scull – Gold

Bow: Andrea Price (SA)
Str: Catriona Oliver (VIC)
Cch: Alan Bennett (NSW)

Women's Quad Scull – Gold

Bow: Kelly Matthews (NSW)
2: Amber Bradley (WA)
3: Sally Robbins (WA)
Str: Donna Martin (ACT)
Cch: Alan Bennett (NSW)

Women's Four – Gold

Bow: Kyeema Doyle (NSW)
2: Livia Laborczfalvi (NSW)
3: Belinda Talbot (SA)
Str: Kaye Anstee (SA)
Cch: Debbie Fox (NSW)

Women's Lightweight Double Scull – Tenth

Bow: Miranda Bennett (SA)
Str: Megan Campbell (SA)
Cch: Neil Myers (SA)

Manager: Graham Tanner (ACT)
Selectors: Barbara Gillett (SA) & Wayne Diplock (QLD)

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

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