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Paul Rowe (rower)
Paul Francis Rowe (22 February 1948 - 25 July 2015) was an Australian representative rower and elite level rowing coach. He was an eight-time Australian national champion in both sweep oared and sculling boats across both lightweight and open divisions. He was Australia's lightweight sculling representative at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. He coached scullers and crews to three Australia national title wins and to world championships and to Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Early life and first rowing Rowe was born in Young, New South Wales the second son and the third of eight children to Dr Charles Rowe, a GP and his wife June. He was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill but did not row at the school. He attended St John's College, University of Sydney and took up rowing for the Sydney University Boat Club in 1968. His first race was at the 1968 Australian University Championships in a four coxed by future sporting administration great John Boultbee. They wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. At the , the Queanbeyan part of the Canberra–Queanbeyan built-up area had a population of 37,511. Queanbeyan's economy is based on light construction, manufacturing, service, retail and agriculture. Canberra, Australia's capital, is located to the west, and Queanbeyan is a commuter town. The word ''Queanbeyan'' is the anglicised form of ''Quinbean'', an Aboriginal word meaning ''"clear waters"''. History The first inhabitants of Queanbeyan are Ngambri peoples of the Walgalu Nation, the meeting place of two rivers was known by the local Indigenous population as Quinbean, which is the name of our Historical Journal. The traditional owners, the Ngambri, in ancestral times: Before white man’s arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stämpfli Racing Boats
Stämpfli Racing Boats is a British-based manufacturer of rowing boats. Stämpfli was founded in Switzerland by Johann Friedrich August Stämpfli in 1896. Manufacturing originally took place in Zurich, Switzerland, but moved to Surrey, England after the company was acquired by Janousek Racing Boats in 1991. Stämpfli is a subdivision of Janousek boats, Stämpfli produce generally slimmer boats which are more popular amongst competitive rowers at a club level. History Stämpfli was founded in 1896 by Johann Friedrich August Stämpfli and is the oldest operating rowing boat manufacturer in the world. The company was originally based in Zurich, Switzerland and started building fishing boats and sailing yachts in Wollishofen on the bank of Lake Zurich. In 1898 the first racing boat was built, a "Yol de Mer" for the See-Club in Zug, Switzerland. This boat was a great success and is now on display in the Museum of Sport in Basel, Switzerland. Stämpfli was always at the forefron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Snook
Emmelia Anne Snook (born 4 October 1973) is an Australian former representative rower. In a short six year career at the elite level, Snook was a twelve-time national champion, represented four times at World Rowing Championships and competed in the women's coxless four event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Family Snook is the third child of Ronald Arnott Snook of Cunderdin and Noreen Lesley Glasson of Kalgoorlie. She is the younger sister of Ronald Snook who was also an Australian representative rower and who was competing at the elite level during and after Emmy's key competitive years. Club and state rowing A Western Australian, Snook's early senior rowing was from the University of Western Australia. Her talents were spotted early and in 1990 she was selected into the then nascent Australian Institute of Sport rowing program when she was still seventeen. In her AIS sculling years in Sydney from 1993 to 1995 she rowed from the Drummoyne Rowing Club under Paul Rowe and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Hatzakis
Marina Ann Hatzakis (born 7 March 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian former rower - a dual Olympian who represented at world championships between 1993 and 2000. Club and state rowing Hatzakis' senior club rowing was from the Queensland University Boat Club in Brisbane and later at the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney. From 1993 to 1996 and in 2000 Hatzakis was selected as Queensland's single sculls representative to contest the Nell Slatter Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In 1996 she also stroked Queensland's women's coxless four contesting the ULVA Trophy. In 1997 Hatzakis relocated to Sydney to pursue her national aspirations. That year she was selected to stroke the New South Wales women's coxless four to contest the ULVA Trophy. She contested national championship titles at numerous Australian Rowing Championships. She contested the open women's single scull in QUBC colours in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and in black and white for U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This was the second (after 1968) "Olympic Games" to be held in a Spanish-speaking nation, then followed by the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. The 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics were the last games to be staged in the same year. This games was the second and last two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France held five months earlier. The 1992 Summer Games were the first since the end of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 World Rowing Championships
The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria. The regatta was held on the New Danube. Medal summary The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 August. Men's events Women's events Medal table References {{Authority control World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non- Olympic years is the highlight of ... Rowing Championships Rowing competitions in Austria 1991 in Austrian sport Sports competitions in Vienna 1990s in Vienna August 1991 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 World Rowing Championships
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Campbell
Gillian Margaret Campbell (born 21 August 1960) is an Australian former representative rower. In the six seasons from 1988 to 1993 she was consistently in the top-tier of Australian heavyweight women scullers winning ten national sculling titles and one sweep-oared championship title. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Club and state rowing Gillian Campbell's senior rowing was from the Leichhardt Rowing Club in Sydney and later when she made national training squads she raced in Australian Institute of Sport colours. She was Leichhardt's first female club captain, serving from 1988 to 1992. Campbell first made state selection for New South Wales when she was picked as the 1988 single scull representative contesting the Nell Slatter trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships - she placed second. The following year she again contested that event placing sixth and in 1992 she placed third. In 1991 at the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Coss
Andrea Gay Coss (born 6 November 1960) is an Australian rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Australian female rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea {{Australia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Luff
Jennifer Luff (born 7 January 1966) is an Australian former representative rower. In a nine year career at the elite level between 1988 and 1996 she won sixteen Australian national titles, raced for Australia at five World Rowing Championships and competed at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1990 and 1992 she won the full set of all three open women's sculling boat titles at the Australian Rowing Championships and mirrored that feat in 1995 when she won all three possible open women's titles in sweep-oared boats. Club and state rowing Jenny Luff's senior rowing was initially from the Nepean Rowing Club and later when she made national training squads from UTS Haberfield Rowing Club and the Australian Institute of Sport. For all of her early career she was coached by Paul Rowe. Initially a sculler, Luff first made state selection for New South Wales when she was picked as the 1990 single scull representative contesting the Nell Slatter trophy at the Interstate Regat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. It is located in southeastern Australian mainland as an enclave completely within the state of New South Wales. Founded after Federation as the seat of government for the new nation, the territory hosts the headquarters of all important institutions of the Australian Government. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Section 125 of the new Australian Constitution provided that land, situated in New South Wales and at least from Sydney, would be ceded to the new federal government. Following discussion and exploration of various areas within New South Wales, the '' Seat of Government Act 1908'' was passed in 1908 which specified a capital in the Yass-Canberra region. The territory was transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes. ANU is regarded as one of the world's leading universities, and is ranked as the number one university in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere by the 2022 QS World University Rankings and second in Australia in the '' Times Higher Education'' rankings. Compared to other universities in the world, it is ranked 27th by the 2022 QS World University Rankings, and equal 54th by the 2022 '' Times Higher Education''. In 2021, ANU is ranked 20th (1st in Australia) by the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS). Established in 1946, ANU is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia. It traces its origins to Canberra University College, which was established in 1929 and was integrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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