Anthony Edwards


Country
Birth date
Age
22/12/1972 
39
Height
Weight
Gender
183 cm / 6'0" 
72 kg / 159 lbs 
M
Sport
EDWARDS Anthony

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
2Lightweight Four2004Athens, GRE6:02.79
2Lightweight Four2000Sydney, NSW, AUS6:02.09
3Lightweight Double Sculls1996Atlanta, GA, USA6:26.69
9Lightweight Four2008Beijing, CHN6:05.26
World Championships
1Lightweight Four2011Bled, SLO5:55.10
2Lightweight Four2010Hamilton, NZL6:10.78
2Lightweight Four1999St. Catharines, ON, CAN6:47.15
3Lightweight Four1998Cologne, GER6:04.43
3Lightweight Double Sculls1995Tampere, FIN6:47.60
World Cup
2Lightweight Four2012Munich, GER6:18.81
2Lightweight Four2012Munich, GER6:18.81

Nickname

Eddy. (VIS, 04 Jun 2003)

Hobbies

Spending time with his family. (Rowing Australia, 2011)

Occupation

Athlete, Coach

Education

Business Management - University of Ballarat - School of Mines, Ballarat, VIC, AUS

Family

Wife Felicity, daughter Alannah and son Hamish

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

New Norfolk Rowing Club, Australia

Coach

Brett Crow (NZL) (Rowing Australia, 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He began rowing in 1985 at St Patrick's College in Ballarat under the guidance of Kevin and Chris O'Brien (Geeveston Rowing Club 1999, Australian Olympic Team Handbook 2004)

Ambitions
"To be the best I can." (tis.tas.gov.au, 11 Apr 2012)

Hero
Carl Lewis. (Australian Olympic Team Handbook, 2004)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Don't sit and think about it - do it now." (VIC Institute of Sport, 04 Jun 2003)

General
FIVE-TIME OLYMPIAN
The 2012 Olympic Games in London will mark his fifth appearance at the Games after making his debut at the 1996 Atlanta Olympiad, taking bronze in the lightweight double sculls. He also won silver in the lightweight coxless fours at Sydney in 2000 and at Athens in 2004. He finished ninth at Beijing in 2008. (sports-reference.com, 2008; thecourier.com.au, 02 Apr 2012)

OCCUPATION
He is a State Development Officer for Rowing Tasmania. (tis.tas.gov.au, 11 Apr 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996


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