Chris Morgan (rower)
Morgan in 2008
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15 December 1982 (age 34) Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Education | Norwood Morialta High School | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Adelaide University Boat Club Sydney Rowing Club |
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Medal record
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Chris Morgan (born 15 December 1982) is an Australian rower. He is a two-time world champion, dual Olympian and Olympic medal winner from Adelaide, South Australia.
Raised in Adelaide, Morgan attended Burnside Primary and Norwood Morialta High School. He had no exposure to rowing before university. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Adelaide and works as a software engineer.
Morgan began his athletic career as a competitive walker. He took up rowing in 2003 after participating in a ergometer competition held by the Adelaide University Boat Club during the University's Orientation Week. He won the competition (and a case of beer ! ) with the fastest time, and was invited to join the Boat Club. He undertook a "Learn to Row" program and that same season was competing for Adelaide University in senior boats.
At the end of Morgan's first season of rowing in 2003/04, he won a gold medal in a Double scull at the World University Games in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. He was selected for the Australian rowing squad in 2005 and invited to train with the Australian Institute of Sport.
In 2010, Morgan won the Australian National Single Scull Championship, becoming the first South Australian to do so in 40 years.
Morgan has consistently represented for his state at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In the twelve-year period 2005 to 2016 he raced for South Australia on nine occasions in King's Cup VIIIs and on eight occasions he sculled in the President's Cup. He rowed in both boats at five championships.
After graduation Morgan relocated to Sydney and continued his club rowing from the Sydney Rowing Club.
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