Leon Chambers
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1998 (age 26) |
| Years active | 2018-current |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Sydney University Boat Club |
Leon Chambers (born 17 April 1998) is an American-born Australian representative rower. He was twice an Australian U23 national champion and represented in the lightweight double-scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Club and state rowing
[edit]Chambers' senior club rowing in Australia is from the Sydney University Boat Club.[1]
In 2018 in SUBC colours, Chambers contested and won the U23 men's lightweight single scull and the lightweight double scull title (with Matthew Curtin) at the Australian Rowing Championships.[2]
International representative rowing
[edit]Chambers made his Australian representative debut at the 2018 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in a lightweight double scull .[3] In 2019 with Hamish Parry, Chambers raced in Australia's lightweight double scull at both World Rowing Cups in Europe[3] and was then selected to contest the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.[4] The double was looking for a top seven finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[5] They placed second in the B-final for an overall eighth place finish and failed to qualify the boat for Tokyo 2020.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chambers at Rowing Australia". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ 2018 Australian Championships
- ^ a b c "Chambers at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 WRC entry list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ 2019 World Championship selections