James McRae
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
27 June 1987 Monteith, South Australia |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Murray Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | John Driessen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 4 August 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James McRae (born 27 June 1987) is an Australian world-champion, three time Olympian and Olympic medal winning rower. In the Australian men's quad scull he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
McRae grew up in Murray Bridge South Australia and attended Murray Bridge Primary school and Unity College, Murray Bridge. He commenced a B. Mech Eng at the University of Adelaide in 2007.
McRae's siblings Jessica and Anna are Australian rowers who have held various SASI scholarships and Australian titles. Anna McRae has also competed internationally for Australia.
McRae rows from the Murray Bridge Rowing Club. He is a South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) Scholarship holder and was coached by Adrian David a Romanian former international oarsman.
For nine consecutive years from 2008 to 2016 McCrae was seated in the South Australian Men's VIII who contested the King's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2007 and 2011 he was also South Australia's selectee to contest the interstate men's Single scull - the President's Cup. In 2011 he won that event and also rowed in the open men's Quad scull who won the national title.
In October 2009 McRae was awarded life membership of the Murray Bridge Rowing Club for being the club's most successful rower and the club's first Olympian since their entire VIII of 1924 " the Murray Cods" competed at Paris 1924. He undertook a number of public speaking and promotional events after the Beijing games. In April 2010 McRae took part in an 'Active April' event involving Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio personalities Tony McCarthy and John Kenneally.
...
Wikipedia