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 |