Robert Jahrling (born 14 February 1974) is an East Berlin-born Olympian

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parentage who competed for

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at three Olympic Games. He is an Australian state and national champion, a medallist at

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international Rowing (sport), rowing regatta organized by International Rowing Federation, FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer ...

, Rowing World Cups, Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

in the men's eight.

Personal

Jahrling was born in East Berlin, Germany. His parents, Marina Wilke and Harald Jährling, are both Olympic gold medallists in rowing for East Germany. His mother – the coxswain of the East German women's eight – was not yet sixteen when Jahrling was born. Jahrling attended Dynamo Berlin Sports School in East Berlin and

Newington College Newington College is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church Single-sex education, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primar ...

(1991–1992) where he was coached by Robert Buntine and Michael Morgan. He holds a BA (Commerce) with majors in International Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management from

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

where he graduated in 2000. According to Jahrling's LinkedIn profile he completed further education at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia Business School, Stanford University, Yale School of Management, University of Oxford, Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and Wharton School University of Pennsylvania. Jahrling works as an investment banker at Citi where he is a Managing Director and the Head of Equity Capital Markets for Australia.

Club and state rowing

Jahrling's senior club rowing was done from

Sydney Rowing Club Sydney Rowing Club is the oldest rowing club in New South Wales, Australia formed in 1870. It has occupied its current site on Port Jackson's Parramatta River at Abbotsford, New South Wales, Abbotsford Point since 1874. The club has a focus on it ...

, where he is an Honorary Life Member. He was first selected to represent New South Wales in the 1993 men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

Australian Rowing Championships The Australian Rowing Championships is an annual rowing event that determines Australia's national rowing champions and facilitates selection of Australian representative crews for World Championships and the Olympic Games. It is Australia's pre ...

. He raced in further King's Cup eights for New South Wales in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. His King's Cup career was during a period of Victorian dominance and Jahrling only saw one NSW victory – in 2004. In

colours Jahrling contested numerous national titles at the

. He won 7 national championships and 21 New South Wales state championship titles. Jahrling represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (1x Silver), 8 World Championships, 3 Commonwealth Games (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) and over 50 World Cup regattas: *6th Place 1996 Atlanta Olympics M8+ *2nd Place 2000 Sydney Olympics M8+ *3rd Place 2002 World Championships Seville M2- *4th Place 2004 Athens Olympics M4- *7x Australian Champion *21x NSW State Champion *1x Kings Cup Gold *7x Kings Cup Silver

Accolades

Jahrling is a five time New South Wales Rower of the Year recipient and has been involved in fund raising activities for Step to the Future and

Mission Australia Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. It has its roots in the Brisbane sector of The British and Foreign Bible Society’s sub-committee, The Colporteur Society (1869), ...

. He is an Honorary Life Member of

Post-rowing career

From 2000, Jahrling worked as an investment banker for

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG (, ) was a global Investment banking, investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. According to UBS, eventually Credit Suisse was to be fully integrated into UBS. While the integration ...

in Australia and

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (, ) is a Germany, German multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. ...

in Hong Kong. Later he became a managing director at

Citi Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, the bank holding company for Citibank, and ...

in Australia and the head of Equity Syndicate.Citi team linked up big freight sale chain
Retrieved 3 May 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jahrling, Robert 1974 births Living people Australian male rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics People educated at Newington College Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia German emigrants to Australia Rowers from East Berlin Expatriates in East Germany