Personal information | |
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Full name | William Buckland |
Born | Longmont, Colorado, U.S. | 12 December 1983
Home town | Olympia, Washington, U.S. |
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Rowing |
Event(s) | Men's pair |
William "Brodie" Buckland [1] [2] (born 12 December 1983) is an American-born Australian rower. [3] [4] He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the men's pair event together with his teammate James Marburg. [5] They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a fifth place. [6] He graduated from Harvard University in 2006. [7] Buckland was born in Longmont, Colorado, and raised in Olympia, Washington. [7] [8]
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Born in Colorado, USA, Brodie Buckland moved to Australia to pursue his studies and rowing.
William "Brodie" Buckland
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Buckland, who rowed for the United States at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships ... was born in Colorado and competed for the University of Washington and Harvard before moving to Australia shortly after the Beijing Games and becoming a naturalised citizen in February