Karsten Forsterling

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Karsten Forsterling (born January 21, 1980 in Newcastle , New South Wales ) is an Australian rower .

Forsterling began rowing in 1992. In 1998 he finished fourth at the Junior World Championships with the four without a helmsman . In 1999 and 2000, Forsterling sat in the Australian eighth at the World Cup in Lucerne , which came in tenth. In 2002 he rowed eighth at the World Cup in Munich to second place, at the 2002 World Championships the Australian eighth took seventh place. A year later, the eighth reached the A final and crossed the finish line as the fifth boat. In 2004 Forsterling competed in the non-Olympic four-man team and finished sixth at the world championships.

Together with Christian Ryan, Forsterling reached ninth place in the two-man without helmsman at the 2005 World Championships . In 2006, forsterling again won his first World Cup regatta in Posen , and the eighth finished as the fourth boat at the World Championships in Eton. Eighth place followed in 2007 in Munich . After Forsterling failed to qualify for the Australian Olympic team in 2008, he competed internationally in 2009.

In 2010 he returned as a scull rower . Karsten Forsterling, David Crawshay , James McRae and Daniel Noonan won the bronze medal in double fours 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.

In 2015 Forsterling returned to the international regatta courses after a two-year break. Together with David Crawshay, Cameron Girdlestone and David Watts , he won the silver medal behind the German four-four 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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SURNAME Forsterling, Karsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle