2019 World Championships- Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
These Championships were again the main qualifying regatta for the Tokyo Games and so the Australian team was focussed on qualification rather than medals. The results were still sound but not as expected.
Australia still finished third on the medal tally behind Italy and the Netherlands.
Australia qualified 8 Olympic boats and 2 Paralympic boats whilst winning eight medals. The men's boats qualified were the pair, four, eight and quad, and for the women, pair, four, eight and double. The Paralympic boats qualified were the Men's PR1 scull and the Mixed PR3 Coxed Four. Clearly Australia was hoping to qualify all but the single sculls and so were disappointed with missing out on both the lightweight doubles, the men's double and the women's quad. However it was pleasing to qualify the eights.
Women's eight celebrate their medal
Rowing Australia Performance Director, Bernard Savage, summarised the week by commenting, “This week has had some incredibly hard and tight racing across all boat categories so to come away with qualifying eight Olympic and two Paralympic boats for Tokyo is really pleasing. I am very proud of this Team and the way they have gone about their business this week. To have qualified a full complement of sweep boats for both the men and women is particularly pleasing.
Daily Results Summaries
Results—Men
Australian Team
Men's Double Scull - Twelfth
Caleb Antill (ACT)
David Bartholot (NSW)
Men's Quad Scull - Fourth
David Watts (WA)
Cameron Girdlestone (NSW)
Hamish Playfair (NSW)
Campbell Watts (NSW)
Men's Pair - Bronze
Joshua Hicks (NSW)
Sam Hardy (NSW)
Men's Four - Sixth
Alexander Hill (SA)
Jack Hargreaves (NSW)
Nicholas Purnell (NSW)
Joseph (Jack) O’Brien (NSW)
Men’s Eight - Fourth
Karsten Forsterling (VIC)
Alexander Purnell (NSW)
Angus Moore (NSW)
Simon Keenan (VIC)
Joshua Booth (VIC)
Timothy Masters (VIC)
Spencer Turrin (NSW)
Angus Widdicombe (VIC)
Cox: Kendall Brodie (NSW)
Men's Lightweight Scull - Bronze
Sean Murphy (NSW)
Men's Lightweight Double Scull - Eighth
Leon Chambers (NSW)
Hamish Parry (QLD)
Men's PR1 Scull - Bronze
Erik Horrie (NSW)
Men's PR3 Pair - Silver
William Smith (SA)
Jed Altschwager (SA)
Mixed PR3 Coxed Four - Fourth
Ben Gibson (NSW)
James Talbot (NSW)
Alex Vuillermin (VIC)
Alexandra Viney (VIC)
Coxswain: Renae Domaschenz (ACT)
Women’s Double Scull - Eleventh
Amanda Bateman (VIC)
Genevieve Horton (NSW)
Women’s Quadruple Scull - Tenth
Rowena Meredith (NSW)
Katrina Bateman (VIC)
Fiona Ewing (NSW)
Cara Grzeskowiak (ACT)
Women’s Pair - Silver
Annabelle McIntyre (WA)
Jessica Morrison (VIC)
Women’s Four - Gold
Olympia Aldersey (SA)
Katrina Werry (VIC)
Sarah Hawe (TAS)
Lucy Stephan (VIC)
Women’s Eight - Silver
Leah Saunders (NSW)
Jacinta Edmunds (QLD)
Bronwyn Cox (WA)
Georgina Rowe (NSW)
Rosemary Popa (VIC)
Annabelle McIntyre (WA)
Jessica Morrison (VIC)
Molly Goodman (SA)
Cox: James Rook (VIC)
Lightweight Women’s Single Scull - Seventh
Alice Arch (VIC)
Lightweight Women’s Double Scull - Ninth
Sarah Pound (NSW)
Georgia Nesbitt (TAS)
PR2 Women’s Single Scull - Gold
Kathryn Ross (ACT)
Reserves:
Men
Luke Letcher (ACT)
Liam Donald (VIC)
Sean Murphy (NSW) - lightweight
Women
Lilly Tinapple (WA)
Georgina Gotch (NSW)
Ciona Wilson (TAS)
Alice Arch (VIC) - lightweight
PR3
Nikki Ayres (ACT)
Coaches
John Keogh - Head Women’s Coach – W8+ and W2-
Ellen Randell - Senior Women’s Coach –LW2x and W2x
Tom Westgarth - Senior Women’s Coach – W4- & LW1x
Ian Wright - Head Men’s Coach – M4- and M2-
Andrew Randell - Senior Men’s Coach – M8+
Mark Prater - Senior Men’s Coach – M4x and M2x
Don McLachlan - Coach – W4x, LM2x and LM1x
Gordon Marcks - Head Para-Rowing Coach
Jason Baker - PR1 Men’s Single Scull
Renae Domaschenz - PR2 Women’s Single Scull
Lizzi Chapman - PR3 Mixed 4+ and PR3 Men’s 2-
Results—Women
Women's Lightweight Double Scull