James Seppelt
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James Seppelt is an Australian former representative lightweight rower. He was a seven time Australian national champion, won a silver medal at the 1994 World Rowing Championships and a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.
Club and state rowing[edit]
Raised in South Australia, Seppelt's senior rowing was from the Adelaide Rowing Club.
Seppelt first made South Australian state selection in the 1991 youth eight contesting the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] From 1992 he rowed in South Australian lightweight fours contesting the Penrith Cup. He stroked the 1992 four,[2] the 1993 victorious South Australian four,[3] rowed in the two seat of the victorious 1994 SA four,[4] and rowed again in the 1996 SA Penrith Cup four.[5]
International representative rowing[edit]
Seppelt made his first Australian representative appearance in 1992 in an U23 lightweight four which contested an U23 Trans-Tasman series against New Zealand crews. The Australian lightweight four won all three of their match races.[6]
Seppelt made his Australian senior representative debut in 1993 in the men's lightweight coxless four at the 1993 World Rowing Championships in Racice. The Australian four rowed to a fourth.[7] He rowed again in the Australian lightweight eight at the 1994 World Rowing Championships where that crew placed sixth.
At the Indianapolis 1994 Seppelt and his South Australian team-mate Andrew Stunnel rowed in a lightweight coxless four with Bruce Hick and Gary Lynagh. Seppelt stroked the four to a silver medal.[7] That same crew contested the 1994 Commonwealth Rowing Championships held in association with the 1994 Commonwealth Games. They won gold at those championships.[8] The following year at the 1995 World Rowing Championships he again stroked the Australian lightweight coxless four. They finished in tenth place and it was Seppelt's last Australian representative appearance.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "1991 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "1992 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "1993 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "1994 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "1996 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "1992 Trans Tasman series". Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Seppelt at World Rowing
- ^ "1994 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2018.