Joseph Sullivan (rower)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Competitor for  New Zealand | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 London | Double sculls |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
| | 2010 Karapiro | Double sculls |
| | 2011 Bled | Double sculls |
| World Rowing U23 Championships | ||
| | 2007 Glasgow | Single sculls |
| | 2008 Munich | Single sculls |
| | 2009 Račice | Double sculls |
Joseph Sullivan MNZM (born 11 April 1987 in Rangiora, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower.
As a student at Queen Charlotte College in Picton, Sullivan competed at the 2003, 2004 and 2005 national secondary school rowing championships (Maadi Cup). He was a member of the crews that won the boys under-18 double sculls for the school three years running, and won the boys under-18 single sculls events in 2004 and 2005.[1][2][3]
He won back-to-back gold medals in the men's double sculls with rowing partner Nathan Cohen at both the 2010 (at Lake Karapiro, by six hundredths of a second over Germans Hans Gruhne and Stephan Krüger) and 2011 World Rowing Championships (in Slovenia).[4][5][6] It was the first gold medal win for a New Zealand premier double sculls combination at the world championships.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics at Eton Dorney, Windsor, Sullivan and rowing partner Nathan Cohen won the gold medal in the men's double sculls.[7] They broke the Olympic best time in the heats.[4] [8]
In the finals they were in last place at the 500 m mark, in fifth place at the 1000 m mark, in fourth at the 1500 m mark, and then sprinted as the line approached to take first for the victory, with a last quarter of 1:33.[8][9][10] They won with a time of 6 minutes, 31.67 seconds.[4] They finished ahead of the Italy's Alessio Sartori and Romano Battisti by 1:13 seconds, and Slovenian 2000 Olympic champions and 2004 silver medalists Luka Špik and Iztok Čop came in third.[4][11] Sullivan and Cohen were awarded a Halberg Award for "New Zealand's Favourite Sporting Moment".[12]
Sullivan won five consecutive world titles at U23 and Elite World Rowing Championships and is very good at what he does.
Sullivan was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for his services to rowing.[13]
In June 2014, Sullivan announced he was retiring from rowing in order to pursue a career with the New Zealand Fire Service as a firefighter.[14]
References
- ↑ "Joseph Sullivan – 2003 Maadi Cup". Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Joseph Sullivan – 2004 Maadi Cup". Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Joseph Sullivan – 2005 Maadi Cup". Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jewish rower from New Zealand wins Olympic gold". Haaretz. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- 1 2 Logan Savory (21 March 2012). "Rower Nathan Cohen has eye on Olympic prize". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ Ian Anderson (27 December 2011). "Rowing duo Cohen, Sullivan eye London Olympics". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ "Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan of New Zealand win Olympic rowing gold in men’s double sculls". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls | Olympics". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ "World Rowing – Official Website". Worldrowing.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "Rowing: Heart problem forces Cohen's withdrawal from summer training". NZ Herald News. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ "Kiwi double scullers claim Olympic gold medal". The Southland Times. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "50th Westpac Halberg Awards Finalists". Halberg Disability Sport Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ↑ "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ↑ Alderson, Andrew (5 June 2014). "Rowing: Retiring Sullivan fired up about his new job". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
External links
- Joseph Sullivan at WorldRowing.com from FISA