Samuel Loch
James Chapman, Samuel Loch, Matt Ryan and Fergus Pragnell after winning the Kings Cup in 2013. It was the 6th time that each of these athletes won the event.
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26 June 1983 Sydney, Australia |
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||
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Samuel Loch (born 26 June 1983) is an Australian rower. Loch studied and rowed at both the King's School in Sydney and Princeton University from which he graduated in 2006. He competed in both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Loch began his rowing at The King's School, Parramatta and was part of the First VIII crew in 2001 that won the AAGPS Head of the River. This crew also contained fellow future Australian senior national team rowers Nicholas Hudson and Matt Ryan, and went on to win the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
Loch made his Australian team debut at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. Competing in the Men's Coxless Four, his crew placed 12th.
The following year he made his Olympic debut in Beijing, China as part of the Men's Eight crew which placed 6th.
Loch continued internationally in the Men's Eight, with a 7th placing at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland. In 2010 he won his first World Championship medal (Bronze) at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand. Loch moved into the Men's Coxless Four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia where he also won a Bronze medal.
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