Australian Paralympic Rowing Team

Rowing was added to the Summer Paralympic Games competition schedule at the 2008 Beijing Games. Australia has been represented since 2008 Games.^[1]

Medal table

Games	Silver	Total	Rank
2008 Beijing	1	1	5
2012 London	1	1	5
2016 Rio	1	1	4
Total	3	3

Medalists

2008

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Kathryn Ross, John Maclean,	Mixed Double Scull

2012

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Erik Horrie	Men's Single Scull

2016

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Erik Horrie	Men's Single Scull

Summer Paralympic Games

2008

Representing Australia in rowing:
Single scull - Dominic Monypenny
Double scull - John Maclean, Kathryn Ross
Support staff - Administration - Adam Horner (Section Manager); Coaches - Peter Albisser (Head Coach), Rik Bryan ;
Rowing made its debut at the Beijing Games and Australia competed in two of the four events and won a silver medal in the double scull.^[2]
Australia won a silver medal.

2012

Horrie competing at the 2012 London Paralympics

Ross and Gavin Bellis competing at the 2012 London Paralympics

Representing Australia in rowing:
Single scull – Erik Horrie
Pair – Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross^[3]
Support staff – Administration – Dean Oakman (Section Manager); Coach – Chad King (Head) ; Boat Technician – Urs Graf ; Physiotherapist – Erin Smyth
^[4]

^[4]

2016

Representing Australia in rowing:

'Men's single scull' - Erik Horrie
Mixed double scull - Kathryn Ross (rower), Gavin Bellis, >br/> Mixed cox four' - Josephine Burnand (d) (cox), Davinia Lefroy (d), Kathleen Murdoch (d), Brock Ingram (d), Jeremy McGrath (rower) (d) Support staff - Administration - Dean Oakman (Team Manager) ; Coaches - Gordon Marcks, Tara Huntly, Jason Baker ; Boatman - Chris O'Brien^[5]

(d) Paralympic Games debut

Australia qualified a boat in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four for the first time.^[6] Erik Horrie repeated his medal success in London with a silver medal.

References

↑ "Rowing results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
↑ Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
↑ "Target gold as rowing team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News,. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
1 2 Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012.
↑ Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ |title=Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-paralympic-rowers-to-turn-silver-into-gold/%7CAustralian Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016

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[results-1] "Rowing results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[media2008-2] Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.

[3] "Target gold as rowing team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News,. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[apcmedia-4] 1 2 Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012.

[riomedia-5] Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[6] |title=Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-paralympic-rowers-to-turn-silver-into-gold/%7CAustralian Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016

Australian Paralympic Rowing Team

Medal table

Medalists

2008

2012

2016

Summer Paralympic Games

2008

2012

2016

See also

References