Hugh Rawlinson

Hugh Rawlinson is an Australian rowing coxswain. He coxed Western Australian eights competing at Australia's King's Cup and was a medallist at senior World Championships.

Hugh Rawlinson

Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Australia World Rowing Championships 2008 Linz M2-

State and club rowing

He first made state selection for Western Australia in the 2006 senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] He steered three consecutive King's Cup races for New South Wales from 2006 to 2009.[2]

International representative rowing

Rawlinson made his Australian representative debut in 2008 at the World Championships which being an Olympic year contested only lightweight crews or non Olympic heavyweight events.[3] Rawlinson steered an Australian coxed pair at Linz 2008 to a bronze medal rowed by Nick Baxter and Fergus Pragnell.[3][3] The pair through came from a long way back in the field. They were in 5th position after the first quarter of the race and could not improve on this over the next 1000 metres. Heading into the final stages of the race Pragnell and Baxter kicked and passed the Italian and Polish crews. Poland had been leading the whole race but fatigued badly to finish 5th. Australia could not catch Canada or France and finished in a time of 7:09.30, roughly a boat and a half behind gold medallists France.[4]

References

1. "2006 Interstate Championships – Australian Rowing History". www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
2. "2009 Interstate Championships – Australian Rowing History". www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
3. Rawlinson at World Rowing
4. "2008 Rowing Australia report reproduced at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

• Hugh Rawlinson at FISA WorldRowing.com