2022 World Under 23 Championships— Varese, Italy
The 2022 World Under 23 Championships were conducted with the World Under 19 Championships at Varese Italy finishing on the weekend of 30th and 31st July 2022.
The under 23 team finished the medal standing in equal sixth ranked by total medals with one gold and two bronze medals. Two of the medals came from the US based College crews.
Gold medalist women's coxed four
Photo courtesy of World Rowing
Some of the crews also raced at World Cup 3 at Lucerne. Of note was a brave performance by the men's eight which subsequently found to be stricken with COVID 19 and the two members of the women's four joining their senior colleagues in the eight to take gold. The photo gallery for World Cup 3 can be found at: Australian Rowing Images World Cups home page page
Deputy Performance Director, Jaime Fernandez OLY, said, “It was an exciting end to the Under 23 component of this regatta. We managed to add two bronze medals to our tally and both the Women’s Coxless Four and Men’s Eight crews showed a lot of courage in their respective races to overcome injuries and illness to make it onto the podium. Our single scullers also showed a lot of heart and determination to race as well as they did and improve each race.”
Fernandez further added and commented, “The athletes will now head home for some rest; however, we obviously want them to build on their performances, experience and growth, continue to learn from the opportunity and progress, ideally setting themselves up for the future. With many on the team still eligible for U23s again, we hope this is just the start and that they are casting an eye to their long-term future in the sport as well.”
Daily Results
Men's Eight on the podium
Photo courtesy of World Rowing
Results by event
Women's Lightweight Double Scull
Women's Lightweight Quad Scull
Australian Team
Women's Scull - Eighth
Laura Gourley (NSW)
Coach: Hally Chapman (NSW)
Women's Coxless Four - Bronze
Bow: Eliza Gaffney (VIC)
2: Genevieve Hart (WA)
3: Jacqueline Swick (WA)
Str: Paige Barr (VIC)
Coach: Tom Westgarth (RA NTC)
Women's Coxed Four - Gold
Bow: Isabella Scammell
2: Samantha Morton Van Eybergen (QLD)
3: Emma Wilson (WA)
Str: Emmie Frederico (VIC)
Cox: Nicholas Dunlop (NSW)
Coach: Annabelle Eaton (VIC)
Women's Lightweight Scull - Sixth
Grace Sypher (NSW)
Coach: Lachlan Carter (NSW)
Women's Lightweight Pair - Eighth
Bow: Sophie Robinson (TAS)
Str: Kate Oliver (TAS)
Coach: Shaun Finlayson (TAS)
Men's Scull - Fourth
Cormac Kennedy-Leverett (QLD)
Coach: Lincoln Handley (QLD)
Men's Double Scull - Seventh
Bow: Harry Crouch (NSW)
Str: Alexander Wood (NSW)
Coach: Alex Field (NSW)
Men's Quad Scull - Thirteenth
Bow: Alexander Rossi (WA)
2: Xavier Hall-Sullivan (VIC)
3: Lukas Matic (VIC)
Str: Marcus Della Marta (NSW)
Coach: Alex Field (NSW)
Men's Four - Sixth
Bow: Charlie Batrouney (VIC)
2: Nicholas Smith (VIC)
3: Torben Ungemach (VIC)
Str: William Achermann (VIC)
Coach: Matthew Ryan (VIC)
Men's Coxed Four - Fifth
Bow: Nikolas Pender (NSW)
2: Fraser Miscamble (VIC)
3: Miller Eagle-Rowe (QLD)
Str: Harrison Fox (VIC)
Cox: Hannah Cowap (NSW)
Coach: Matthias Ungemach (NSW)
Men's Eight - Bronze
Bow: Jamie Arnold (VIC)
2: Marcus Emmett (VIC)
3: Patrick Long (QLD)
4: Joshua Hill (VIC)
5: Alexander McClean (NSW)
6: Angus Dawson (SA)
7: Darcy McCluskey (QLD)
Str: Fergus Hamilton (VIC)
Cox: Harry Keenan (NSW)
Coach: John Bowes (RA)
Support Team
Jaime Fernandez OLY – Deputy Performance Director
Jason Lane - Head Coach, Pathways
Christine McLaren (SASI) – Team Manager
Women's Four
Photo courtesy of World Rowing