Caleb Antill

Caleb Antill
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Rowing
Event(s) M4x
Club ANU Boat Club
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Championships
2018 PlovdivM4x
World U23 Championships
U23 2016 RotterdamM4X

Caleb Antill (born 8 August 1995) is an Australian rower.[1] He was an U23 world champion in 2016 and represented at the 2018 World Rowing Championships, winning a silver medal.[2]

Club and state rowing

Antill's senior club rowing has been from the ANU Boat Club.

Antill first made state selection for the Australian Capital Territory in their 2015 men's eight competing for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[3] In 2018 he was the ACT's single sculling entrant and raced for the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[4]

Antill competed for the ANU Boat Club at the 2014 and 2015 Intervarsity Championships. In 2014 he rowed in the ANU eight, a coxed four and a coxless pair.[5] In 2015 he competed in the coxed four and won the double-sculls university championship title with Luke Letcher.[6]

International rowing career

Antill made his Australian representative debut in 2016 at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam where he raced in Australia's U23 quad scull to an U23 World Championship title and a gold medal.[7] In 2017 he was Australia's single sculler at the U23 World Championships in Plovdiv. He made the A final and finished in sixth place.[7] He was the men's sculling reserve at the 2017 senior World Championships in Sarasota.[8]

He made his first Australian senior appearance in 2018 in the Australian squad scull. With Luke Letcher, Alexander Purnell and David Watts they raced at two World Rowing Cups and then at for the 2018 World Rowing Championships Letcher was changed out for Campbell Watts.[7] With Antill in the bow seat that crew placed third in their heat and then in the repechage went out hard and alongside New Zealand they surprised the Lithuanian world champions knocking them out of the final. In the final the Australian quad rowed through most of the field from the 1000m mark and finished in second place to Italy for a silver world championship medal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Caleb Antill". Rowing Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "WRCH Plovdiv, Bulgaria: M4x results" (PDF). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Australian University Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Australian University Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Caleb ANTILL". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "2017 World Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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