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Duncan Free
OAM
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Born	25 May 1973 (age 51); Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Surfers Paradise Rowing Club
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Men's rowing
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
World Rowing Championships
Commonwealth Rowing Championships

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Duncan Seth Free OAM (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Australian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He is 4-time Olympian and two-time world champion who represented Australia at four world rowing championships in both sculls and sweep oared boats. He was a six-time Australian national sculling champion.

Rowing family

Free was born in Hobart, Tasmania. His father Reg Free rowed in numerous King's Cup crews for Tasmania from 1962 and in 1967, became the first Tasmanian oarsman selected to row in the Australian men's eight when they competed by invitation at the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, France. The family relocated to Queensland in 1983 and in the next decade Reg Free coached several Queensland King's Cup crews and coached his sons Marcus and Duncan to state, national and international victories.^[1]

Club and state rowing

Duncan Free's senior rowing was from the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club in Queensland. Representing that club he raced for the national Australian sculling title at the Australian Rowing Championships for twelve consecutive years from 1993. He won that national title on six occasions.^[2]

He was the Queensland state representative sculler picked to race the President's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships eight times from 1996 to 2004. Coached by his father, he won the interstate championship for Queensland on seven of those occasions.^[3]

Free won Diamond Sculls event at the 2001 Henley Royal Regatta racing for the Surfer's Paradise Rowing Club.^[4]

National representative rowing

Duncan and his brother Marcus were paired in the men's double scull at two world championships (1997 and 1998) coached by Reg. They took a bronze medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.^[5]

Duncan was seated in Australian Olympic quad sculls for the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal at Atlanta 1996,^[6] placed fourth in Sydney and seventh in Athens.

After the Athens Games, Duncan took a year off before switching to sweep rowing and establishing a partnership with gold medallist Drew Ginn in the coxless pair. They won at the World Championships 2006 and 2007 and took the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[7]

References

^ Reg Free 2015 obituary
^ "Australian National Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ Reg Free 2015 obituary
^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "1997 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "1996 Olympics at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "2008 Olympics at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

External links

[1] Reg Free 2015 obituary

[2] "Australian National Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[3] Reg Free 2015 obituary

[4] "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[5] "1997 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[6] "1996 Olympics at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[7] "2008 Olympics at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

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-'''Duncan Seth Free''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Australian [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] and Olympic gold medallist. He is dual Olympian and two-time world champion who represented Australia at four world rowing championships in both sculls and sweep oared boats. He was a six-time Australian national sculling champion.
+'''Duncan Seth Free''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Australian [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] and Olympic gold medallist. He is 4-time Olympian and two-time world champion who represented Australia at four world rowing championships in both sculls and sweep oared boats. He was a six-time Australian national sculling champion.
 ==Rowing family==
-Free was born in [[Hobart, Tasmania]]. His father Reg Free rowed in numerous King's Cup crews for Tasmania from 1962 and in 1967, became the first Tasmanian oarsman selected to row in the Australian men's [[Eight (rowing)|eight]] when they competed by invitation at the [[1967 European Rowing Championships]] in Vichy, France. The family relocated to Queensland in 1983 and in the next decade Reg Free coached several Queensland King's Cup crews and coached his sons Marcus and Duncan to state, national and international victories.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2902635/rowing-mourns-one-of-states-greatest-oarsmen/ Reg Free 2015 obituary]</ref>
+Free was born in [[Hobart, Tasmania]]. His father Reg Free rowed in numerous King's Cup crews for Tasmania from 1962 and in 1967, became the first Tasmanian oarsman selected to row in the Australian men's [[Eight (rowing)|eight]] when they competed by invitation at the [[1967 European Rowing Championships]] in [[Vichy, France]]. The family relocated to [[Queensland]] in 1983 and in the next decade Reg Free coached several Queensland [[King's Cup (rowing)|King's Cup]] crews and coached his sons Marcus and Duncan to state, national and international victories.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2902635/rowing-mourns-one-of-states-greatest-oarsmen/ Reg Free 2015 obituary]</ref>
 ==Club and state rowing==
-Duncan Free's senior rowing was from the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club in Queensland. Representing that club he raced for the national Australian sculling title at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] for twelve consecutive years from 1993. He won that national title on six occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/Men%27s%20Scull%20Summary.html |title=Aust National Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110529/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/Men's%20Scull%20Summary.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+Duncan Free's senior rowing was from the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club in Queensland. Representing that club he raced for the national Australian sculling title at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] for twelve consecutive years from 1993. He won that national title on six occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/Men%27s%20Scull%20Summary.html |title=Australian National Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110529/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/Men's%20Scull%20Summary.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 He was the Queensland state representative sculler picked to race the President's Cup at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] eight times from 1996 to 2004. Coached by his father, he won the interstate championship for Queensland on seven of those occasions.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2902635/rowing-mourns-one-of-states-greatest-oarsmen/ Reg Free 2015 obituary]</ref>
-Free won [[Diamond Challenge Sculls|Diamond Sculls]] event at the 2001 [[Henley Royal Regatta]] racing for the Surfer's Paradise Rowing Club.
+Free won [[Diamond Challenge Sculls|Diamond Sculls]] event at the 2001 [[Henley Royal Regatta]] racing for the Surfer's Paradise Rowing Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrr.co.uk/results/?result-page=1&trophy=the-diamond-challenge-sculls |title=Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners |website=Henley Royal Regatta |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>
 ==National representative rowing==
-Duncan and his brother [[Marcus Free|Marcus]] were paired in the men's double scull at two world championships (1997 & 1998) coached by Reg. They took a bronze medal at the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] at [[Lac d'Aiguebelette]], France.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1997-Aiguebelette.html |title=1997 World C'ships at Guerin Foster |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092330/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1997-Aiguebelette.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+Duncan and his brother [[Marcus Free|Marcus]] were paired in the men's double scull at two world championships (1997 and 1998) coached by Reg. They took a bronze medal at the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] at [[Lac d'Aiguebelette]], France.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1997-Aiguebelette.html |title=1997 World Championships at Guerin Foster |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092330/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1997-Aiguebelette.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 Duncan was seated in Australian Olympic quad sculls for the [[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|1996]], [[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|2000]] and [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|2004]] [[Olympic Games]]. He won a bronze medal at [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1996-Atlanta.php |title=1996 Olympics at Guerin Foster |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331112018/http://rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1996-Atlanta.php |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> placed fourth in [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney]] and seventh in [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens]].
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