Michael Morgan (rower)
Michael Dennis Morgan OAM (born December 19, 1946 in Sydney ) is a former Australian rower . In 1968 he won an Olympic silver medal with the Australian eighth .
Athletic career
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , the Australian eighth competed in the line-up of Alfred Duval , Michael Morgan, Joseph Fazio , Peter Dickson , David Douglas , John Ranch , Gary Pearce , Robert Shirlaw and helmsman Alan Grover . The Australians took second place behind the Germany eight and ahead of the boat from Czechoslovakia . In the hope race , the Australians won ahead of the boat from the USSR . In the final, the Germans won with about a second ahead of the Australians, another second behind the eighth from the Soviet Union won the bronze medal.
Four years later at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , the Australian eighth started with the line-up of John Clark , Michael Morgan, Bryan Curtin , Richard Curtin , Robert Paver , Kerry Jelbart , Gary Pearce, Malcom Shaw and helmsman Alan Grover. The Australians took fourth place behind the boats from the USSR, the Netherlands and the GDR . With a victory in the repechage, the Australians reached the semi-finals, where they finished fifth. In the B-final they reached second place and thus finished eighth overall.
After his active career, Morgan became a rowing coach at his hometown club, the Sydney Rowing Club , among other things he looked after the Australian eighth at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Besides and after that he was successful as a youth coach for many years.
Web links
- Michael Morgan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 127f
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 341f
- ↑ Portrait at the Sydney Rowing Club , accessed February 8, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morgan, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morgan, Michael Dennis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |