Robert Marland

Robert Davies Marland (born May 13, 1964 in Mississauga ) is a retired Canadian rower .

Marland began rowing in high school and continued his career in figure eight at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario . In 1986 he rowed with Raymond Collier and helmsman Terry Paul to eighth place at the world championships in two with helmsman . The following year, Brian Saunderson , John Houlding , Robert Marland and Harold Backer and Terry Paul finished fourth in the four-man team at the 1987 World Championships in Copenhagen. In this line-up, the foursome also won the bronze medal at the Summer Universiade 1987. At the Olympic Games in 1988 , the foursome finished ninth.

After a completely messed up year in the single , Marland was part of the Canadian eighth from 1990. At the 1990 World Championships , the Germany eight won ahead of the Canadian eight with Darren Barber , Andy Crosby , Robert Marland, Derek Porter , Michael Rascher , Bruce Robertson , Brian Saunderson, John Wallace and Terry Paul. The Germans also won the 1991 World Championships ahead of the Canadians, in which Don Telfer was in the boat for Brian Saunderson. At the 1992 Olympic Regatta in Barcelona, ​​the Canadian eighth competed with Michael Forgeron for Don Telfer. The Canadians won the first heat and finished second behind the Romanians in the first semi-final. In the final, the Canadians won with fourteen hundredths of a second ahead of the Romanians, the Germany eighth received the bronze medal.

The 1.95 m tall Marland ended his career after winning the Olympic Games. Marland works for Royal LePage, a major Canadian housing company.

Web links

• Robert Marland in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Robert Marland at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )