Will Lockwood (rower)
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13 May 1988 (age 28) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Lockwood (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian rower. A dual Olympian and two time Olympic silver medal winner, he was born and lives in Melbourne, Australia
Education
Schooled at Camberwell Primary and Scotch College, Melbourne. Lockwood took up rowing in high school.
Club and national career
Lockwood rows from the Melbourne University Boat Club. On six occasions from 2010 to 2016 Lockwood was seated in the Victorian Men's VIII who contested the King's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] In those crews Lockwood saw two King's Cup victories and three times placed second.
International career
At the 2012 London Olympics, Lockwood won a silver medal in the Australian men's coxless four with Drew Ginn, James Chapman, and Josh Dunkley-Smith. Ginn's presence in that crew gave it a lineage to the successful Australian M4- crews of the 1990s that were known as Oarsome Foursomes.[2]
At the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France he won the silver medal in the men's coxless four [3] in a crew with Spencer Turrin and Josh Dunkley-Smith and Alexander Hill.
In 2016 along with Josh Dunkley-Smith, Joshua Booth, and Alexander Hill, Lockwood was selected in the Australian Men's Coxless four to compete at Rio 2016. They won their heat and semi-final and took the silver medal behind Great Britain in the final.
References
- William Lockwood at WorldRowing.com from FISA