Countdown to the 2022 World Rowing Championships

Published Mon 12 Sep 2022

Only 6 more sleeps until the first of our Aussie athletes are underway at the 2022 World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE. With a large Aussie cohort of 18 boats competing at the World Championships. NSW has a strong representation with 21 athletes racing across the Men's, Women's and Para events with one Women's reserve sculler.

The all NSW combination of Jack O’Brien and returning Olympic Champions Alex Purnell OAM, Jack Hargreaves OAM, and Spencer Turrin OAM will race again in the Men’s Coxless Four having won a Gold and Silver Medal at World Cup II and III respectively earlier this year.

After a successful World Cup campaign earlier in the year claiming a Bronze and Silver Medal in the Single, Tokyo Olympian Tara Rigney has been selected as the Women’s Single Scull representative.

Every day of the 2022 World Rowing Championships is live on Fox Sports, available on Foxtel and Kayo Sports.

Follow Rowing NSW and Rowing Australia on all social media channels for the latest updates, as well as photos and videos of the Australian Rowing Team.

Click the document below for the Provisional Racing Program and for live racing updates visit the World Rowing website.

The full list of NSW athletes are below.

Women's Single Scull

 Tara Rigney  Sydney University Boat Club

 

Women's Quad Scull

Rowena Meredith  Sydney University Boat Club
Harriet Hudson Sydney Rowing Club
Laura Gourley (reserve)  UTS Haberfield Rowing Club 

 

Women's Coxed Eight

Talia Barnet-Hepples (coxswain)  Sydney University Boat Club
Emma Fessey UTS Haberfield Rowing Club
Georgina Rowe UTS Haberfield Rowing Club
Eleanor Price Sydney University Boat Club

 

Women's Lightweight Double Scull

Lucy Coleman   Sydney University Boat Club

 

Men's Double Scull

David Bartholot   Sydney University Boat Club

 

Men's Coxless Four

Jack Hargreaves OAM   Sydney University Boat Club
Joseph O’Brien Sydney University Boat Club
Alexander Purnell OAM Sydney University Boat Club
Spencer Turrin OAM Sydney Rowing Club

 

Men's Coxed Eight

Kendall Brodie (coxswain)  Sydney Rowing Club
Jackson Kench Sydney University Boat Club
William O'Shannessy Sydney University Boat Club
Sam Hardy Sydney Rowing Club

 

PR1 Men's Single Scull

Erik Horrie OAM  Sydney Rowing Club

 

PR3 Men's Coxless Pair

Thomas Birtwhistle  UTS Haberfield Rowing Club

 

PR3 Men's Coxed Four

Thomas Birtwhistle  UTS Haberfield Rowing Club
James Talbot Sydney University Boat Club