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At the 2009 U23 World Championships in Racice he again rowed in the lightweight coxless four and again finished in ninth place.<ref name="Career" /> Bertrand also stepped up to the Australian senior lightweight squad in 2009 and competed at [[2009 World Rowing Championships|Poznan 2009]] in the lightweight coxless four who finished fourteenth.<ref name="Career" />
At the 2009 U23 World Championships in Racice he again rowed in the lightweight coxless four and again finished in ninth place.<ref name="Career" /> Bertrand also stepped up to the Australian senior lightweight squad in 2009 and competed at [[2009 World Rowing Championships|Poznan 2009]] in the lightweight coxless four who finished fourteenth.<ref name="Career" />


In 2010 at the [[2010 World Rowing Championships| World Championships]] in Lake Karapiro, Bertrand was seated at seven in the Australian men's lightweight eight who placed second and won the silver medal.<ref name="Career" /> The lightweight eight stayed together into 2011 with the changeout of [[Perry Ward]] & [[Angus Tyers]] for [[Rod Chisolm]] & Tom Gibson]] and a move of Darryn Purcell into the stroke seat.
In 2010 at the [[2010 World Rowing Championships| World Championships]] in Lake Karapiro, Bertrand was seated at seven in the Australian men's lightweight eight who placed second and won the silver medal.<ref name="Career" /> The lightweight eight stayed together into 2011 with the changeout of [[Perry Ward]] & [[Angus Tyers]] for [[Roderick Chisolm (rower)|Rod Chisolm]] & [[Thomas Gibson (rower)|Tom Gibson]] and a move of [[Darryn Purcell]] into the stroke seat.





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Thomas Bertrand
Personal information
Born (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 36)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubMercantile Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bled Lwt eight
Silver medal – second place 2010 Karapiro Lwt eight

Thomas Bertrand (born 9 July 1987) is an Australian lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's eight.[1]

Club and state rowing

Bertrand's senior rowing was from the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.

International representative rowing

Bertrand first represented Australia at the 2007 U23 World Rowing Championships in Glasgow in a lightweight coxless four who placed ninth. [2] At the U23 World Championships of 2008 in Brandenburg he raced in the Australian lightweight quad scull who finished sixth overall.[2]

At the 2009 U23 World Championships in Racice he again rowed in the lightweight coxless four and again finished in ninth place.[2] Bertrand also stepped up to the Australian senior lightweight squad in 2009 and competed at Poznan 2009 in the lightweight coxless four who finished fourteenth.[2]

In 2010 at the World Championships in Lake Karapiro, Bertrand was seated at seven in the Australian men's lightweight eight who placed second and won the silver medal.[2] The lightweight eight stayed together into 2011 with the changeout of Perry Ward & Angus Tyers for Rod Chisolm & Tom Gibson and a move of Darryn Purcell into the stroke seat.



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References

  1. ^ "Thomas Bertrand". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bertrand at World Rowing