Duncan Free
Duncan Setth Free (born May 25, 1973 in Hobart , Tasmania ) is an Australian rower who won Olympic gold in two-man without a helmsman in 2008.
Duncan Free was born in Tasmania but lives in Sydney . Free was part of the Australian double foursome for many years . At the 1996 Olympic Games , he won bronze with the double foursome. In 1997 he received bronze in double sculls at the World Rowing Championships . In 1999 he won the world championship bronze again, this time in a double quad. After a fourth place in the double foursome at the 2000 Olympic Games at home in Sydney, no medal was won. At the 2004 Olympic Games , Free missed the finals with the Australian double scull.
Then Duncan Free switched to oar rowing and joined Drew Ginn in the two-man without a helmsman . In 2006 on Dorney Lake near Eton and in 2007 on the regatta course in Oberschleißheim near Munich , they won the world championship title twice in a row. In Beijing , Duncan Free won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics , and it was the third for Drew Ginn.
In the course of his career, Free was a total of seven Australian champions in singles .
International success
- 1991: 2nd place Junior World Championships in single
- 1994: 4th place in the quadruple championship
- 1995: 8th place in the quadruple championship
- 1996: 3rd place Olympic Games in quadruple sculls
- 1997: 3rd place world championships in double sculls
- 1998: 10th place world championships in double sculls
- 1999: 3rd place in the quadruple championship
- 2000: 4th place Olympic Games in quadruple sculls
- 2001: 4th place in the single world championships
- 2003: 5th place in the single world championships
- 2004: 7th place Olympic Games in quadruple sculls
- 2006: 1st place in the two-man championship without a helmsman
- 2007: 1st place in the two-man world championships without a helmsman
- 2008: 1st place Olympic Games in two without a helmsman
Web links
- Duncan Free at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Duncan Free in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1904: Farnan , Ryan (USA) | 1908: Fenning , Thomson (GBR) | 1924: Beijnen , Rösingh (NED) | 1928: Moeschter , Müller (GER) | 1932: Clive , Edwards (GBR) | 1936: Eichhorn , Strauss (GER) | 1948: Wilson , Laurie (GBR) | 1952: Logg , Price (USA) | 1956: Fifer , Hecht (USA) | 1960: Boreiko , Golowanow (URS) | 1964: Hungerford , Jackson (CAN) | 1968: Lucke , Bothe (GDR) | 1972: Brietzke , Mager (GDR) | 1976, 1980: J. Landvoigt , B. Landvoigt (GDR) | 1984: Iosub , Toma (ROM) | 1988: Holmes , Redgrave (GBR) | 1992, 1996: Redgrave , Pinsent (GBR) | 2000: Andrieux , Rolland (FRA) | 2004: Ginn , Tomkins (AUS) | 2008: Ginn , Free (AUS) | 2012: Murray , Bond (NZL) | 2016: Murray , Bond (NZL)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Free, Duncan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Free, Duncan Setth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hobart , Tasmania |