Will Lockwood (rower)

William Lockwood (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian rower - a dual Olympian and two time Olympic silver medal winner.

Will Lockwood
Personal information
Born13 May 1988 (1988-05-13) (age 32)
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Sport
ClubMelbourne University Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2012 LondonCoxless four
2016 Rio de JaneiroCoxless four
World Championships
2011 BledM2+
2013 ChungjiuM4−
2015 AiguebeletteM4−
2010 KarapiroM8+
World Rowing U23 Championships
U23 2010 Brest M4-

Club and state rowing

Lockwood attended Camberwell Primary and then Scotch College, Melbourne where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing has been from the Melbourne University Boat Club.

On six occasions from 2010 to 2016 Lockwood was seated in the Victorian men's senior eight who contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] In those crews Lockwood saw two King's Cup victories and three times placed second.

International career

Lockwood's national representative debut was in 2009 when he was selected in the Australian U23 men's eight who contested the World Rowing U23 Championships in Racice and placed fourth.[2] In 2010 he contested two World Rowing Cups in Europe in a coxless four and in the senior eight before again being selected for the World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest where he rowed in the coxless four that took the bronze medal.[2] That same year he was in the bow seat of the Australian men's eight that won bronze at the senior 2010 World Championships.[3][4] At the 2011 World Championships, he won silver in the men's coxed pair with James Chapman and David Webster as cox.[5]

At the 2012 London Olympics, Lockwood won a silver medal in the Australian men's coxless four with Drew Ginn, James Chapman, and Josh Dunkley-Smith. Ginn's presence in that crew gave it a lineage to the successful Australian M4- crews of the 1990s that were known as Oarsome Foursomes.[6]

In 2013 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in the men's four with Alexander Lloyd, Spencer Turrin and Josh Dunkley-Smith.[7]

At the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France he won the silver medal in the men's coxless four [8] in a crew with Spencer Turrin and Josh Dunkley-Smith and Alexander Hill.[2]

In 2016 along with Josh Dunkley-Smith, Joshua Booth, and Alexander Hill, Lockwood was selected in the Australian Men's Coxless four to compete at Rio 2016. They won their heat and semi-final and took the silver medal behind Great Britain in the final.[9]

References
  1. Guerin Foster Aust Rowing History
  2. Lockwood at World Rowing
  3. "2010 World Rowing U23 Championships Brest, BLR (BM4-)". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Karapiro, NZL - (M8+) Men's Eight - Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Bled, SLO - (M2+) Men's Coxed Pair - Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. Advocate 2012
  7. "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Chungju, KOR - (M4-) Men's Four - Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. Rowing NSW news
  9. "2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA - Rio de Janeiro, BRA - (M4-) Men's Four - Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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