James McRae

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James McRae (born June 27, 1987 in Adelaide ) is an Australian rower .

James McRae grew up in Murray Bridge , in 1999 he started at the Murray Bridge Rowing Club , a traditional club that had put the Australian eighth at the 1924 Olympic Games .

In 2007 McRae competed in the Rowing World Cup for the first time and took fourth place in Amsterdam with the Australian double foursome. At the 2007 World Rowing Championships , the boat reached tenth place. In 2008, the four reached the final at the Beijing Olympics and finished fourth in the line-up of Christopher Morgan , James McRae, Brendan Long and Daniel Noonan .

In 2009 McRae won the bronze medal at the U23 World Championships . In 2010 the Australian double scull with the line-up Karsten Forsterling , David Crawshay , James McRae and Daniel Noonan received the bronze medal at the 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand. In 2011 Christopher Morgan came on board for Crawshay, Morgan, McRae, Forsterling and Noonan won gold at the World Championships in Bled . In 2012 the Australian double scull took third place at the Olympic Games in London behind the German and Croatian boats.

After a botched 2013 season in the coxless pair , returned McRae 2014 in the Skull boats back. At the 2014 World Championships , he and Alexander Belonogoff took third place in the double sculls , and a year later they finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships . In 2016 Karsten Forsterling, Alexander Belonogoff, Cameron Girdlestone and James McRae competed in the double foursome. The crew won the World Cup regattas in Lucerne and Poznan. At the 2016 Olympic Games , the Australians received the silver medal behind the German boat.

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  1. ↑ Article and photos at State Library South Australia (accessed May 19, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME McRae, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide