Marcus Free
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| Born | 30 July 1969 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Surfer's Paradise Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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| National finals | King's Cup 1996-2000 | ||||||||||||||
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Marcus Free is an Australian former rower.
Rowing family
Free was born in Hobart, Tasmania. His father Reg Free rowed in numerous King's Cup crews for Tasmania from 1962 and in 1967, became the first Tasmanian oarsman selected to row in the Australian men's eight when they competed by invitation at the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, France. The family relocated to Queensland in 1983 and in the next decade Reg Free coached several Queensland King's Cup crews and coached his sons Marcus and younger brother Duncan to state, national and international victories.[1]
State and club rowing
Free first made state selection for Queensland in the 1996 men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[2] He rowed in further King's Cup races for Queensland in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.[3] He rowed in all five of those King's Cup crews with his brother.[4]
International representative rowing
Marcus and Duncan, coached by Reg, were paired in the men's double scull at two world championships - 1997 in Aiguebelette & 1998 in Cologne. They took a bronze medal at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France in 1997.[5][6] Before those World Championships they'd rowed at World Rowing Cups in Europe in each of those years.[5]
References
- ^ Reg Free 2015 obituary
- ^ 1996 Interstate Regatta
- ^ "2009 Interstate Championships – Australian Rowing History". www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ 2000 Interstate Regatta
- ^ a b Free at World Rowing
- ^ 1997 World C'ships at Guerin Foster