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Ian Edmunds

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Ian Edmunds
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1961-08-25) 25 August 1961 (age 63)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubUni of Queensland Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Eight
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Duisburg Eight

Ian Edmunds (born 25 August 1961 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian former rower. He is an Australian national champion, an Olympian and a 1984 Olympic medalist.

Club and state rowing

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Edmunds' senior rowing was from the University of Queensland Boat Club.

His first state selection to represent Queensland came in the 1981 youth eight which contested and won the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1]

In 1982 Edmunds was selected in the Queensland senior men's eight which contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[2] He made a further King's Cup appearance for Queensland in 1984.[3]

International representative rowing

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Edmunds was first selected to Australian representation in 1982 in a coxed four who raced at the 1982 World Rowing U23 Championships in Vienna to a second place and a silver medal.[4]

In 1983 Edmunds secured the three seat of the Australian eight selected within a limited squad sent to the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg Germany.[4] The eight performed well in lead up regattas at Vichy, Ratzeburg and Nottingham. In the final at the World Championships the Australian crew drew a bad lane and lost the benefit of the tail breeze however they raced a strong second 1000m and finished in third place for a bronze medal.[5]

The Australian eight selected for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was built around the national champion Mosman Rowing Club coxed four of Battersby, Muller and Evans.[6] Edmunds was selected in the five seat. The Australian eight finished third in the final winning bronze behind Canada and the USA.[4] It was Edmunds' last Australian representative appearance.

References

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  1. ^ "1981 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "1982 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "1984 Australian Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Edmunds at World Rowing
  5. ^ "1983 World Championships". Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "1984 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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