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Cameron Girdlestone
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Born	29 April 1988 (age 36); Sydney, NSW, Australia
Bildung	The King's School
Sport
Land	Australien
Sport	Rowing
Club	Sydney University Boat Club
Achievements and titles
National finals	President's Cup 2010,19-21 ; King's Cup 2016 ; Aust champion (4X) 2019,21-22 ; Aust champion (2X) 2019 ; Aust champion (1X) 2021
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Australien
Olympic Games
World Championships

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Cameron Girdlestone (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian representative rower. He is a five-time Australian national champion, a medalist at World Championships, a dual Olympian and an Olympic silver and bronze medallist. He raced in the Australian men's quad scull at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to a bronze medal.^[1]^[2]

Personal

Girdlestone was born in Sydney and attended Samuel Gilbert Primary school. He took up rowing at high school at The King's School, Parramatta. He is a PDHPE teacher at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. At the conclusion of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics he was elected as a member of the AOC's Athlete's Commission.^[3]

Club and national career

Girdlestone rows from the Sydney University Boat Club. He first rowed in the Interstate Regatta at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2010 representing New South Wales in the men's single scull in the President's Cup event. In 2016 he was seated in the New South Wales state eight which placed second in the King's Cup that year.^[4]

At the 2019 Australian Championships he won the open men's double scull national title with his SUBC clubmate Campbell Watts and he stroked a composite quad scull to win the open men's quad title. In 2021 he won an Australian Championship title in the open men's single scull^[5] and also won a national title in the open men's quad scull.^[6] In 2019 and 2021 he was the New South Wales representative sculler to contest the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.^[7] In 2022 he won another national open men's quad scull title in a composite Australian selection crew.

International rowing career

At the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette France he finished 2nd in the men's quadruple sculls (M4x) event, rowing with David Crawshay, Karsten Forsterling and David Watts.^[8]

In the quadruple scull at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a crew with James McRae, Karsten Forsterling and Alexander Belonogoff he won the silver medal.^[8] In 2019 he was selected with Alex Purnell, David Watts and Caleb Antill to row Australia's quad scull for the 2019 international season. They placed 2nd at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and 4th at WRC III in Rotterdam.^[8] With Hamish Playfair and Campbell and David Watts, Girdlestone was selected to race Australia's quad scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.^[9] The quad were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.^[10] They won their heat and placed third in semi-final, thereby qualifying the boat for the A-final and the Tokyo 2020.^[8] They finished in fourth place.^[8]

By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Girdlestone was the sole crew member who'd qualified the boat for Tokyo to be picked to race it. Girdlestone was selected at stroke with Caleb Antill, Luke Letcher and Jack Cleary in the other seats.^[11] This combination had won the Australian national title in the quad in 2021. In Tokyo the quad won their heat and progressed straight to the A final. They were behind the lead for much of the race but winds had blown up before the event and some crews struggled with their blade-work in the chop. With Girdlestone sculling at three Australian quad kept their composure and technique and managed a bronze medal finish on the line.^[8]

References

^ "2021 Australian Olympic Crews" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Firmed Australian 2021 crews". Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "AOC Athletes Commission Aug 2021". Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "2016 Australian Interstate Championships". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Australian Rowing Championships results". Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Guerin-Foster 2021 Australian national championship results". Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "2019 Australian Rowing Championships results". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Girdlestone at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "2019 WRC entry list" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ "2019 World Championship selections". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Rowing Australia 2021 Olympic Team" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

External links

Cameron Girdlestone at World Rowing
Cameron Girdlestone at Olympedia
Cameron Girdlestone at Olympics.com
Cameron Girdlestone at the Australian Olympic Committee

[1] "2021 Australian Olympic Crews" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[2] "Firmed Australian 2021 crews". Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[3] "AOC Athletes Commission Aug 2021". Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[4] "2016 Australian Interstate Championships". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[5] "Australian Rowing Championships results". Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[6] "Guerin-Foster 2021 Australian national championship results". Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[7] "2019 Australian Rowing Championships results". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

[Career-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Girdlestone at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[9] "2019 WRC entry list" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[10] "2019 World Championship selections". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[11] "Rowing Australia 2021 Olympic Team" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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-'''Cameron Girdlestone''' (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian representative [[rowing (sport)|rower]]. He is a five-time Australian national champion, a medalist at World Championships, a dual Olympian and an Olympic silver and bronze medallist.  He raced in the Australian men's quad scull at the [[Tokyo 2020 Olympics]] to a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |title=2021 Aust Olympic Crews |access-date=21 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130323/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2021/06/13/rowers-ready-for-olympic-regatta-with-38-athletes-selected-to-australian-olympic-team/ |title=Firmed Aust 2021 crews |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20210615125441/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2021/06/13/rowers-ready-for-olympic-regatta-with-38-athletes-selected-to-australian-olympic-team/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+'''Cameron Girdlestone''' (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian representative [[rowing (sport)|rower]]. He is a five-time Australian national champion, a medalist at World Championships, a dual Olympian and an Olympic silver and bronze medallist.  He raced in the Australian men's quad scull at the [[Tokyo 2020 Olympics]] to a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |title=2021 Australian Olympic Crews |access-date=21 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130323/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2021/06/13/rowers-ready-for-olympic-regatta-with-38-athletes-selected-to-australian-olympic-team/ |title=Firmed Australian 2021 crews |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210615125441/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2021/06/13/rowers-ready-for-olympic-regatta-with-38-athletes-selected-to-australian-olympic-team/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Personal==
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 ==Club and national career==
-Girdlestone rows from the [[Sydney University Boat Club]]. He first rowed in the Interstate Regatta at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] in 2010 representing New South Wales in the men's [[single scull]] in the President's Cup event. In 2016 he was seated in the New South Wales state eight which placed second in the King's Cup that year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/2016.php#M8 |title=2016 Australian Interstate C'ships |access-date=27 July 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111011157/https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/2016.php#M8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Girdlestone rows from the [[Sydney University Boat Club]]. He first rowed in the Interstate Regatta at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] in 2010 representing New South Wales in the men's [[single scull]] in the President's Cup event. In 2016 he was seated in the New South Wales state eight which placed second in the King's Cup that year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/2016.php#M8 |title=2016 Australian Interstate Championships |access-date=27 July 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111011157/https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/2016.php#M8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-At the 2019 [[Australian Rowing Championships|Australian Championships]] he won the open men's double scull national title with his SUBC clubmate [[Campbell Watts]] and he stroked a composite quad scull to win the open men's quad title. In 2021 he won an Australian Championship title in the open men's single scull <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=15359 |title=Australian Rowing Championships results |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503131434/https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=15359 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also won a national title in the open men's quad scull.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2021 |title=Guerin-Foster 2021 Australian national championship results |access-date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622201105/https://rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 and 2021 he was the New South Wales representative sculler to contest the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=12212 |title=2019 Australian Rowing Championships results |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110171725/https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=12212 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022 he won another national open men's quad scull title in a composite Australian selection crew.
+At the 2019 [[Australian Rowing Championships|Australian Championships]] he won the open men's double scull national title with his SUBC clubmate [[Campbell Watts]] and he stroked a composite quad scull to win the open men's quad title. In 2021 he won an Australian Championship title in the open men's single scull<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=15359 |title=Australian Rowing Championships results |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503131434/https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=15359 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also won a national title in the open men's quad scull.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2021 |title=Guerin-Foster 2021 Australian national championship results |access-date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622201105/https://rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 and 2021 he was the New South Wales representative sculler to contest the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=12212 |title=2019 Australian Rowing Championships results |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110171725/https://ra.rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=12212 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022 he won another national open men's quad scull title in a composite Australian selection crew.
 ==International rowing career==
 At the [[2015 World Rowing Championships]] on  [[Lac d'Aiguebelette]] in [[Aiguebelette-le-Lac|Aiguebelette]] France he finished 2nd in the men's quadruple sculls (M4x) event, rowing with [[David Crawshay]], [[Karsten Forsterling]] and David Watts.<ref name="Career" />
-In the [[Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|quadruple scull]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] in a crew with [[James McRae]], [[Karsten Forsterling]] and [[Alexander Belonogoff]] he won the silver medal.<ref name="Career" /> In 2019 he was selected with [[Alexander Purnell|Alex Purnell]], [[David Watts (rower)|David Watts]] and [[Caleb Antill]] to row Australia's quad scull for the 2019 international season. They placed 2nd at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and 4th at WRC III in Rotterdam.<ref name="Career">{{Cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/cameron-girdlestone?id=23477 |title=Girdlestone at World Rowing |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728133420/https://worldrowing.com/athlete/cameron-girdlestone?id=23477 |url-status=live }}</ref>  With [[Hamish Playfair]] and Campbell and David Watts, Girdlestone was selected to race Australia's quad scull at the [[2019 World Rowing Championships]] in Linz, Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROW-------------------------------_C32A.pdf |title=2019 WRC entry list |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=23 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823105705/http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROW-------------------------------_C32A.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>  The quad were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/ |title=2019 World C'ship selections |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325214015/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  They won their heat and placed third in semi-final, thereby qualifying the boat for the A-final and the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]].<ref name="Career" /> They finished in fourth place.<ref name="Career" />
+In the [[Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|quadruple scull]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] in a crew with [[James McRae]], [[Karsten Forsterling]] and [[Alexander Belonogoff]] he won the silver medal.<ref name="Career" /> In 2019 he was selected with [[Alexander Purnell|Alex Purnell]], [[David Watts (rower)|David Watts]] and [[Caleb Antill]] to row Australia's quad scull for the 2019 international season. They placed 2nd at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and 4th at WRC III in Rotterdam.<ref name="Career">{{Cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/cameron-girdlestone?id=23477 |title=Girdlestone at World Rowing |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728133420/https://worldrowing.com/athlete/cameron-girdlestone?id=23477 |url-status=live }}</ref>  With [[Hamish Playfair]] and Campbell and David Watts, Girdlestone was selected to race Australia's quad scull at the [[2019 World Rowing Championships]] in Linz, Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROW-------------------------------_C32A.pdf |title=2019 WRC entry list |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=23 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823105705/http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROW-------------------------------_C32A.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>  The quad were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/ |title=2019 World Championship selections |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325214015/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  They won their heat and placed third in semi-final, thereby qualifying the boat for the A-final and the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]].<ref name="Career" /> They finished in fourth place.<ref name="Career" />
-By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]], Girdlestone was the sole crew member who'd qualified the boat for Tokyo to be picked to race it. Girdlestone was selected at stroke with [[Caleb Antill]], [[Luke Letcher]] and [[Jack Cleary (rower)|Jack Cleary]] in the other seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |title=Rowing Aust 2021 Olympic Team |access-date=21 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130323/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> This combination had won the Australian national title in the quad in 2021. In Tokyo the quad won their heat and progressed straight to the A final. They were behind the lead for much of the race but winds had blown up before the event and some crews struggled with their blade-work in the chop. With Girdlestone sculling at three Australian quad kept their composure and technique and managed a bronze medal finish on the line.<ref name="Career" />
+By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]], Girdlestone was the sole crew member who'd qualified the boat for Tokyo to be picked to race it. Girdlestone was selected at stroke with [[Caleb Antill]], [[Luke Letcher]] and [[Jack Cleary (rower)|Jack Cleary]] in the other seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |title=Rowing Australia 2021 Olympic Team |access-date=21 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130323/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Copy-of-2021-Australian-Team-as-nominated-5.3.2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> This combination had won the Australian national title in the quad in 2021. In Tokyo the quad won their heat and progressed straight to the A final. They were behind the lead for much of the race but winds had blown up before the event and some crews struggled with their blade-work in the chop. With Girdlestone sculling at three Australian quad kept their composure and technique and managed a bronze medal finish on the line.<ref name="Career" />
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