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==Club and state rowing== |
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Gardiner's commenced his senior rowing with the [[Glebe Rowing Club]] and competed in a men's junior [[Coxed four|4+]] at the 1979 [[Australian Rowing Championships]].<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1979.html#ml1x 1979 |
Gardiner's commenced his senior rowing with the [[Glebe Rowing Club]] and competed in a men's junior [[Coxed four|4+]] at the 1979 [[Australian Rowing Championships]].<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1979.html#ml1x 1979 Australian Championships at Guerin Foster].</ref> The following year he shifted to the [[Drummoyne Rowing Club]] in Sydney and won two national titles - the lightweight [[Coxless pair|M2-]] with [[Clyde Hefer]] and the lightweight [[Coxless four|M4-]] with Hefer, Michael Smith and Graeme Wearne. In 1981 in those same two crews Gardiner again raced for those national titles but this time representing the [[Balmain Rowing Club]] and both to 2nd place.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1981.html#ml1x 1981 Australian Championships at Guerin Foster]</ref> |
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==National representative rowing== |
==National representative rowing== |
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Gardiner was selected for Australian representative honours in a LM4- for the [[1980 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Hazewinkel]] - a lightweight only championship being an Olympic year. With [[Clyde Hefer|Hefer]] he'd vied for top national honours throughout 1980 against the Victorian pair of [[Charles Bartlett (rower)|Charles Bartlett]] and [[Simon Gillett (rower)|Simon Gillett]]. New Australian National Coaching Director [[Reinhold Batschi]] had introduced a small boat racing selection methodology and the choice of the two competitively matched pairs to comprise the Australian IV was clear.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1980-Hazewinkel.html |title=1980 World |
Gardiner was selected for Australian representative honours in a LM4- for the [[1980 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Hazewinkel]] - a lightweight only championship being an Olympic year. With [[Clyde Hefer|Hefer]] he'd vied for top national honours throughout 1980 against the Victorian pair of [[Charles Bartlett (rower)|Charles Bartlett]] and [[Simon Gillett (rower)|Simon Gillett]]. New Australian National Coaching Director [[Reinhold Batschi]] had introduced a small boat racing selection methodology and the choice of the two competitively matched pairs to comprise the Australian IV was clear.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1980-Hazewinkel.html |title=1980 World Championships at Guerin Foster |access-date=10 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910140327/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1980-Hazewinkel.html |archive-date=10 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The crew took the gold medal and won Australia's second lightweight World Championship title.<ref name="FISA profile">{{cite web |title= Graham Gardiner |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/36903/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> The following year in the same crew Gardiner raced at the [[1981 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Munich]] and they successfully defended their title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1981-Munich.html |title=1980 World Championships at Guerin Foster |access-date=10 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409202903/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1981-Munich.html |archive-date=9 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Graham Gardiner is an Australian former lightweight rower. He is a two-time World Champion.
Club and state rowing
[edit]Gardiner's commenced his senior rowing with the Glebe Rowing Club and competed in a men's junior 4+ at the 1979 Australian Rowing Championships.[1] The following year he shifted to the Drummoyne Rowing Club in Sydney and won two national titles - the lightweight M2- with Clyde Hefer and the lightweight M4- with Hefer, Michael Smith and Graeme Wearne. In 1981 in those same two crews Gardiner again raced for those national titles but this time representing the Balmain Rowing Club and both to 2nd place.[2]
National representative rowing
[edit]Gardiner was selected for Australian representative honours in a LM4- for the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel - a lightweight only championship being an Olympic year. With Hefer he'd vied for top national honours throughout 1980 against the Victorian pair of Charles Bartlett and Simon Gillett. New Australian National Coaching Director Reinhold Batschi had introduced a small boat racing selection methodology and the choice of the two competitively matched pairs to comprise the Australian IV was clear.[3] The crew took the gold medal and won Australia's second lightweight World Championship title.[4] The following year in the same crew Gardiner raced at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich and they successfully defended their title.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 1979 Australian Championships at Guerin Foster.
- ^ 1981 Australian Championships at Guerin Foster
- ^ "1980 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Graham Gardiner". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "1980 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
