Cameron McKenzie-McHarg

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left to right: Matt Ryan, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Francis Hegerty

Cameron "Maxi" McKenzie-McHarg (born April 17, 1980 in Leongatha , Victoria ) is a former Australian rower . In 2008 he won an Olympic silver medal with the Australian four-man without a helmsman .

Athletic career

Cameron McKenzie-McHarg started rowing in 1996. At the World Championships in 2001 in Lucerne and 2002 in Seville , he finished seventh with the Australian eighth . In 2003 in Milan , the Australians reached the A-final and finished fifth. In 2004 he took part in the four-man with helmsman in the world championships in the non-Olympic boat classes and took sixth place. In 2006 he won his first World Cup victory with the Australian eight in Poznan . At the 2006 World Championships in Eton, the eighth finished fourth.

In 2008, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg switched to the four-man without a helmsman, who won the World Cup regatta in Lucerne with the cast of Matt Ryan , James Marburg , Cameron McKenzie-McHarg and Francis Hegerty . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the Australians won their preliminary run, in the semifinals they finished second behind the British, one and a half seconds behind. In the final, the British won by one second over the Australians, while the third-placed French were one and a half seconds behind the Australians.

In 2009 at the World Championships in Poznan , the British foursome won with almost two seconds ahead of the Australian crew, which competed in the same line-up as in 2008. In 2010 the four Australians finished fourth at the World Cup in Munich and fifth at the World Cup in Lucerne. For the World Championships in New Zealand , they moved to eighth, with William Lockwood , Matt Ryan, Francis Hegerty, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, James Marburg, Samuel Loch , Nicholas Purnell , Joshua Dunkley-Smith and helmsman Tobias Lister . In the final, the Germany eight won ahead of the British, behind which the Australians won the bronze medal. In 2011 McKenzie-McHarg formed a two without a helmsman with Thomas Larkins and took seventh place at the World Championships in Bled . In 2012 he returned to eighth place, finishing sixth at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Olympic semifinals in 2008 at worldrowing.com
  2. ↑ Olympic Final in 2008 at worldrowing.com
  3. ↑ World Cup final 2009 at worldrowing.com
personal data
SURNAME McKenzie-McHarg, Cameron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKenzie-McHarg, Maxi (first name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Leongatha , Victoria