Nicholas Purnell (born 4 June 1990) is an Australian representative and dual Olympian rower. He is a national champion, who has competed at seven world championships and in the men's eight event at the 2012 London and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[1][2][3]
Purnell began his rowing career at Shore School in Sydney. He was a member of their second VIII in 2007 which won their event at the AAGPS Head of the River.[4] In 2008 Purnell was in the seven seat of the Shore first VIII, winning that event at the AAGPS Head of the River.[5] Purnell's senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club.
He first made state selection for New South Wales in the 2009 youth eight contesting the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2010 he was selected in the New South Wales senior men's eight to compete for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. He raced seven consecutive King's Cup races for New South Wales from 2010 to 2016 and won five straight from 2010 to 2014.[6] He rowed again in New South Wales men's senior eights to King's Cup victories in 2018 & 2019[7] and to a second placing in 2021. [8]
Purnell has a younger brother Alex, who also rows with the Sydney University Boat Club, has won the King's Cup for New South Wales, who rowed in Australian crews at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships and won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 2018.[9] Alex has also been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and the brothers will become the first to row in the same Australian Olympic team since the Stewart brothers. [10]
At the London Olympic Games, Purnell was in the stroke seat of the Australian men's eight which placed sixth in a thrilling final where all boats were overlapping at the finish line.[13]
2015 saw Purnell return to the Australian men's eight which placed ninth at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France.[16] In 2016 Purnell was in the Australian men's eight who were unsuccessful in attempting to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics at the final FISA qualification regatta.[17]
In 2018 Purnell was back in representative contention and regained a seat in the Australian men's eight. The eight started their 2018 international campaign with a fifth placing at the World Rowing Cup II in Linz, Austria.[17] Three weeks later at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Purnell rowed in the Australian eight to silver medal in a thrilling 0.14 second finish behind Germany.[17] The stage was set for the close competition that played out at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv. In their heat the Australian eight finished 5/100ths of a second behind the US and then in the final, Germany dominated and took gold but 2/10ths of a second separated 2nd through to 4th and the Australians took silver, a bowball ahead of Great Britain with the US out of the medals.[17] Purnell rowing at five came home with a silver world championship medal.
In 2019, Purnell was again selected in the Australian men's sweep squad for the international representative season. In an effort to qualify the men's pair for the 2020 Olympics, selectors broke up the dual-world champion four into other boats and for the two World Rowing Cups in Europe, Purnell rowed at bow in the Australian men's coxless four. Rowing with Jack Hargreaves, Tim Masters and Jack O'Brien, Purnell won gold medals at both the WRC II in Poznan and at WRC III in Rotterdam.[17] Purnell, Hargreaves, Hill, and O'Brien were selected to race Australia's coxless four at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.[18] The four were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[19] They won their heat and semi-final, thereby qualifying the boat for Tokyo 2020.[17] Unexpectedly as race favourites, they finished last in the final for an overall world sixth place.[17]
By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Purnell re-gained his seat in the Australian men's heavyweight eight.[20] In Tokyo the Australian men's eight placed fourth in their heat, fourth in the repechage and sixth in the Olympic A final.[17] Had they repeated their repechage time of 5:25:06 they would have won the silver medal.
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Nicholas Purnell born 4 June 1990 is an Australian representative and dual Olympian rower He is a national champion who has competed at seven world championships and in the men s eight event at the 2012 London and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 1 2 3 Nicholas PurnellPersonal informationNationalityAustralianBorn 1990 06 04 4 June 1990 age 32 St Leonards New South Wales AustraliaHeight198 cm 6 ft 6 in Weight100 kg 220 lb SportCountryAustraliaSportRowingClubSydney University Boat ClubAchievements and titlesNational finalsKing s Cup 2010 16 2018 19Olympic finalsLondon 2012 M8 Tokyo 2020 M8 Medal record Representing AustraliaMen s rowingWorld Championships2018 Plovdiv Eight2010 Karapiro Eight2011 Bled Coxless four Contents 1 School club and state rowing 2 International representative rowing 3 References 4 External linksSchool club and state rowing EditPurnell began his rowing career at Shore School in Sydney He was a member of their second VIII in 2007 which won their event at the AAGPS Head of the River 4 In 2008 Purnell was in the seven seat of the Shore first VIII winning that event at the AAGPS Head of the River 5 Purnell s senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club He first made state selection for New South Wales in the 2009 youth eight contesting the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships In 2010 he was selected in the New South Wales senior men s eight to compete for the King s Cup at the Interstate Regatta He raced seven consecutive King s Cup races for New South Wales from 2010 to 2016 and won five straight from 2010 to 2014 6 He rowed again in New South Wales men s senior eights to King s Cup victories in 2018 amp 2019 7 and to a second placing in 2021 8 Purnell has a younger brother Alex who also rows with the Sydney University Boat Club has won the King s Cup for New South Wales who rowed in Australian crews at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships and won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 2018 9 Alex has also been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and the brothers will become the first to row in the same Australian Olympic team since the Stewart brothers 10 International representative rowing EditHe made his Australian senior team debut at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro New Zealand Though still eligible for the World Rowing U23 Championships Purnell won a bronze medal in the senior men s eight 11 The following year Purnell again won a bronze medal this time in the Australian men s coxless four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled Slovenia 12 At the London Olympic Games Purnell was in the stroke seat of the Australian men s eight which placed sixth in a thrilling final where all boats were overlapping at the finish line 13 After the 2012 Olympics Purnell turned to sculling and represented Australia in the single scull at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju South Korea where he placed 14th 14 In 2014 Purnell had a second international season in the single scull improving on the previous year and placing 13th at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam The Netherlands 15 2015 saw Purnell return to the Australian men s eight which placed ninth at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette France 16 In 2016 Purnell was in the Australian men s eight who were unsuccessful in attempting to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics at the final FISA qualification regatta 17 In 2018 Purnell was back in representative contention and regained a seat in the Australian men s eight The eight started their 2018 international campaign with a fifth placing at the World Rowing Cup II in Linz Austria 17 Three weeks later at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne Purnell rowed in the Australian eight to silver medal in a thrilling 0 14 second finish behind Germany 17 The stage was set for the close competition that played out at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv In their heat the Australian eight finished 5 100ths of a second behind the US and then in the final Germany dominated and took gold but 2 10ths of a second separated 2nd through to 4th and the Australians took silver a bowball ahead of Great Britain with the US out of the medals 17 Purnell rowing at five came home with a silver world championship medal In 2019 Purnell was again selected in the Australian men s sweep squad for the international representative season In an effort to qualify the men s pair for the 2020 Olympics selectors broke up the dual world champion four into other boats and for the two World Rowing Cups in Europe Purnell rowed at bow in the Australian men s coxless four Rowing with Jack Hargreaves Tim Masters and Jack O Brien Purnell won gold medals at both the WRC II in Poznan and at WRC III in Rotterdam 17 Purnell Hargreaves Hill and O Brien were selected to race Australia s coxless four at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz Austria 18 The four were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics 19 They won their heat and semi final thereby qualifying the boat for Tokyo 2020 17 Unexpectedly as race favourites they finished last in the final for an overall world sixth place 17 By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics Purnell re gained his seat in the Australian men s heavyweight eight 20 In Tokyo the Australian men s eight placed fourth in their heat fourth in the repechage and sixth in the Olympic A final 17 Had they repeated their repechage time of 5 25 06 they would have won the silver medal 21 References Edit Nicholas Purnell Olympic Results Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 1 August 2012 Nicholas Purnell London 2012 Archived from the original on 1 August 2012 Retrieved 1 August 2012 2021 Aust Olympic Crews AAGPS Head of the River 31 Mar 07 Results www rowingnsw asn au Retrieved 7 January 2016 AAGPS Schoolboy Head of the River 19 Mar 08 Results www rowingnsw asn au Retrieved 7 January 2016 2010 Interstate Championships Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Archived from the original on 18 June 2018 Retrieved 7 January 2016 2019 Interstate Regatta Results 2021 Interstate Regatta 2017 Interstate Regatta Archived from the original on 18 June 2018 Retrieved 18 June 2018 Firmed Aust 2021 crews Australian Team Results at the 2010 World Rowing Championships Lake Karapiro New Zealand Archived from the original on 22 April 2017 World Championships Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Archived from the original on 18 June 2018 Retrieved 7 January 2016 2012 London Olympic Games Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Archived from the original on 18 June 2018 Retrieved 7 January 2016 World Championships Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Retrieved 7 January 2016 World Championships Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Retrieved 7 January 2016 World Championships Australian Rowing History www rowinghistory aus info Archived from the original on 18 June 2018 Retrieved 7 January 2016 a b c d e f g h Purnell at World Rowing 2019 WRC entry list 2019 World C ship selections Rowing Aust 2021 Olympic Team Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 The Roar Retrieved 7 April 2022 External links EditNicholas Purnell at World Rowing Nicholas Purnell at Olympics com Nicholas Purnell at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicholas Purnell amp oldid 1081372283, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
