Tom Laurich
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 July 1980 Australia |
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
Tom Laurich (born 24 July 1980) is a former Australian Olympic and national representative rower from the Mosman Rowing Club. Since 2011 he has been an elite development rowing coach at Mosman and for Australian representative squads.
Rowing career
Laurich first represented at the national level in sculling. He was a medallist in the single scull at World Junior championships, a member of the Senior quad scull at the 2001 World championships, the Sydney Olympics single scull trialist, and national double scull champion with Mosman's Peter Hardcastle.[1] He then shifted to sweep rowing and was in the coxed pair that won the Australian men's team their only medal in the Seville World Championships in 2003.
Laurich represented Australia at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's four. His crew of David Dennis, Robert Jahrling, and David McGowan, recorded a time of 6.13.06 in the finals, which gave them a fourth-place finish.[2]
He gained a place in the Australian men's eight at world championships in 2006 and 2007 [1] and in the 2008 Beijing Olympics he rowed in the four seat of the men's eight.
Past results
- 1998 World Junior Rowing Championships: JM1x Bronze.
- 1999 Nations Cup (Rowing) BM4x 6th.
- 2000 Nations Cup (Rowing) M1x 4th
- 2000 Lucerne Olympic qualifiers.
- 2001 World Rowing Championships M4x Munich 6th.
- 2001 World Rowing Championships M4x Luzern res.
- 2001 World Under 23 Rowing Championships M4x Linz Bronze.
- 2002 World Rowing Championships M2+ Seville Bronze.
- 2002 World Rowing Championships M4+ Seville 7th.
- 2004 World Rowing Championships M4- Lucerne 4th.
- 2004 Olympic Games M4- Schnias, Greece 4th.
References
- 1 2 http://www.mosmanrowing.com/news/38-mosman-athletes-selected-to-australian-squad.html Mosman rowing news
- ↑ "Olympics - Schedules & Results". Sports Illustrated. 2004-08-21. Retrieved 2007-01-07.