Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
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| Born | 17 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Melbourne University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron McKenzie-McHarg(born 17 April 1980 inLeongatha,Victoria) is an Australian former rower andAustralian rules footballer.He is a dual Olympian who won a rowingsilver medalat the2008 Summer Olympics.He represented Australia at twelve world championships.
Australian rules football
[edit]At the age of 18, he was drafted to theWestern Bulldogswith pick 10 in the1998 AFL pre-season draft.He spent 1999 in their reserves team but played no first grade games for the Bulldogs.[1]
Club and state rowing
[edit]McKenzie-McHarg took up rowing atScotch College, Melbourne,seated at seven in their winning crew for the 1998Head of the River (Victoria).[2]Following his football foray he returned to rowing in 2005 from the Melbourne University Boat Club.
In 2006 he teamed up withJames Marburgto win the Australian nationalcoxless pairchampionship beating out the fancied veteran duo ofDrew GinnandDuncan Free.From 2001 to 2012 he was seated in Victorian senior men's VIIIs who raced for the King's Cup at theAustralian Rowing Championships.Those crews won the blue riband event in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007.
National representative rowing
[edit]He gained selection in Australian VIIIs who competed at the2006and2007 World Championships[3]and considered that he was in contention for the Beijing Olympics.
He made his Olympic debut in 2008 inBeijing,China. McKenzie-McHarg was selected in thecoxless fouralongsideJames MarburgandSydney University boatmenFrancis HegertyandMatt Ryan.The crew won their event at the first world cup regatta inLucerne,Switzerland. The four then turned their attention to the Olympic Qualification Regatta in Poznan. Ryan was struck down by illness and had to be replaced for the race by Terrence Alfred and the crew achieved qualification for the Olympic Games. InBeijingthe crew led for a large part of the race before placing second behind the race favourites from Great Britain for asilver medal.[4]
Following the 2008 Olympic year he continued to figure in contention for national selection and was picked in Australian crews for the next three world championships. AtPoznan 2009with his Olympic crewmatesMarburg,HegartyandRyan,he again took silver behind Great Britain.[5]The following year he moved into theVIIIwhich won bronze at theLake Karapiro,New ZealandAt2010 World Championships.[6]At the2011 World ChampionshipsinBled,Slovenia,McKenzie-McHarg missed selection for the four and the Men'seightwhich both qualified for the London Olympic Games.[7]However he maintained a spot in the senior squad rowing acoxless pairwith Tom Larkins to 7th place.
For the2012 Summer Olympics,McKenzie-McHarg regained his seat in themen's eightwhich finished sixth atEton Dorney.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Scotch Old Boys publication
- ^Scotch Old Boys publication
- ^"2007 World Championships at Guerin Foster".Archived fromthe originalon 12 June 2018.Retrieved7 April2018.
- ^"2008 Olympics at Guerin Foster".Archived fromthe originalon 27 April 2018.Retrieved7 April2018.
- ^2009 World Championships at Guerin Foster
- ^"Australian Rowing Team at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand".Rowinghistory-aus.info.Archived fromthe originalon 22 April 2017.Retrieved19 November2017.
- ^"World Championships – Australian Rowing History".Rowinghistory-aus.info.Archived fromthe originalon 18 June 2018.Retrieved7 January2016.
- ^"2012 Olympics at Guerin Foster".Archived fromthe originalon 18 June 2018.Retrieved7 April2018.
- Living people
- Australian male rowers
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic rowers for Australia
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 1980 births
- People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- People from Leongatha
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia