Craig Muller (born 7 June 1961) is an Australian former representative rower. He is a five time national champion and Olympic bronze medallist.

Club and state rowing

Muller's senior rowing was with the

Mosman Rowing Club Mosman Rowing Club is an all-level competitive and recreational Rowing (sport), rowing club on the North Shore (Sydney), North Shore of Sydney. Since 2007 the club's facilities have been wholly located at The Spit, New South Wales, The Spit in S ...

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. He was later made a life member of Mosman an also of Lismore Rowing Club. He first made state selection in the 1983 New South Wales senior men's eight contesting the

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at the Interstate Regatta within the

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. He made every New South Wales King's Cup crew from 1983 to 1987 and rowed to Australian championship victory in that boat of 1984. In

colours Muller competed for national titles in small sweep-oared boats at every

from 1983 to 1987. With Steve Evans, Jim Battersby and Rick Goodrich, in an all-Mosman crew Muller won the Australian national coxed four title in 1984. In a composite Mosman/Drummoyne/Sydney crew Muller again won the national coxed four title of 1985. Both crews were coached by

Rusty Robertson Russell Robertson (1927 – 17 February 1990), known as Rusty Robertson, was a New Zealand-born, world class rowing coach of New Zealand and later, Australian national representative rowing crews. He was the national rowing coach of New Zealand ...

. In 1986 Muller won the coxless pair national title racing with Steve Evans in Mosman colours and then in 1987 in an Australian selection crew coached by

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he won the coxless four championship title.

International representative rowing

The Australian eight selected for the

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was built around the national champion

coxed four of Muller, Jim Battersby, and Steve Evans. Muller was selected in the bow seat. The Australian eight finished third in the final with a time of 5:43.40 winning bronze behind Canada and the USA.

Coaching career

Following competitive retirement Muller coached at the

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and the ACT Academy of Sport where he was manager of the rowing program. He has coached at s school level at (

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and the Scots College). In 2022 he was the rowing co-ordinator at

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, Adelaide. For the 2023 season he rook a role as Rowing Caretaker and Boatshed Manager at

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Craig 1961 births Living people Australian male rowers Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen