- Duncan Free
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Duncan Free Personal information Born 25 May 1973 Medal recordMen's Rowing Competitor for Australia Olympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta Quadruple Sculls Gold 2008 Beijing Coxless Pair World Championships Gold 2006 Eton Coxless Pair Gold 2007 Munich Coxless Pair Bronze 1997 Aiguebelette Double Sculls Bronze 1999 St. Catharines Quadruple Sculls Duncan Free, (born 25 May 1973) is an Australian rower and Olympic medallist. Free was born in Hobart, Tasmania but currently[when?] lives on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Free was a member of Australia's quad sculls team at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games winning a bronze medal at Atlanta in 1996. After the Athens Games, he took a year off before switching to sweep rowing and establishing a partnership with gold medallist Drew Ginn in the coxless pair. They won the world championships in 2006 and 2007 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Free also won the Henley Diamond Sculls in 2001.
References
Categories:- Australian rowers
- Olympic rowers of Australia
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in rowing
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