Erik Horrie

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Erik Horrie
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2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Horrie
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 (age 44)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportRowing
ClubSydney Rowing Club
Medal record
Adaptive rowing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Single Sculls ASM1x
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Single Sculls ASM1x
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Single Sculls PR1x
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris PR1 single sculls
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Chungju Single Sculls – ASM1x
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Amsterdam Single Sculls – ASM1x
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Aiguebelette Single Sculls – ASM1x
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Sarasota Single Sculls – PR1M1x.
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv Single Sculls – PR1M1x.
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Linz-Ottensheim Single Sculls – PR1M1x.
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Bled Single Sculls- ASM1x

Erik Horrie OAM (born 17 October 1979) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and a five-time world champion rower. He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. Switching to rowing in 2011, he made an immediate impact in the sport, first winning the NSW State Rowing Championships and then the National Rowing Championships in Adelaide. He has won silver medals at the 2012, 2016, 2020 Summer Paralympics and gold medals at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 World Rowing Championships. [1] [2] Horrie has selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics - his fourth Games. [3]

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Personal

Horrie was born on 17 October 1979 [4] in New Zealand. [5] [6] [7] At the age of seven, he was made a ward of the state due to domestic violence in his home and subsequently spent most of his childhood in foster care homes. [8] In 2001, he was in a motor vehicle accident that left him a paraplegic. [5] [9] As of 2016, he lives in Penrith, New South Wales. [9] In studying youth work, Horrie said "I want to help underprivileged kids because I can relate to what they may be going through. I’m not saying I understand, but hopefully use my experiences to show them they have a choice." [8]

Horrie is married to Michelle and they have three children. [5] [8]

Sporting career

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Erik Horrie rowing on the water
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Erik Horrie rowing on the water
Horrie competing at the 2012 London Paralympics 020912 - Erik Horrie - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (02).JPG
Horrie competing at the 2012 London Paralympics

Basketball

Horrie was classified as a 4 point player. [10] He played in Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball League's Brisbane Spinning Bullets. [10] [9]

He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. He attempted to make the team for the 2008 Summer Paralympics but did not get selected [5] for the national team until 2009 when he played in the 2009 IBWF AOZ Oceania Championship and the 2009 Rollers World Challenge. [10] Following that, he left the sport. [5]

Rowing

Horrie is classified as an AS rower [9] and is a member of the Dragon Rowing Club. [11] [5] He switched to rowing in 2011 following the 2008 Summer Paralympics after having been identified by a selector from Rowing Australia. [5] [9] In 2011, he did water training Breakfast Creek and off-water training at West End, Queensland. [5] The year, he had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. [12]

In 2011, he finished first at the New South Wales State Championship. [5] At the 2011 National Rowing Championships in Adelaide, he finished first. [11] In April 2011, he participated in a national team training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport. [11] In the arms, shoulders men's single scull event at the 2011 World Championships in Bled, Slovenia, he finished third. [6] [7] [9] He competed in the 2012 World Rowing Cup 3 event in Germany. [13] He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and he won a silver medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x. [9] [14] [15] [16]

At the 2013 World Championships in Chungju, Korea, he won a gold medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x. [17] He was coached by Jason Baker. He won back to back gold medals by winning the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [18]

Horrie won his third consecutive Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x title at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France. [19]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x. This repeated his result at the London Olympics.

Horrie won his four world championships title in winning the gold medal in the Men's PR1M1x at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida. Horrie won the first PR1 M1x World Championship title raced over 2000 m and, but also set a new world's best time after crossing the line in a time of 9 minutes 39 seconds. [20]

At the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won his fifth consecutive title in the Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull and broke his own World's Best Time, crossing the line in a time of 9 minutes 16.90 seconds, some 8 seconds faster than his previous World Record. [21] Horrie won the bronze medal in the Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria. After the race, Horrie said 'It just wasn't my day, but I'm happy to come away with the medal considering the season I’ve had coming back from injury.' [22]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Horrie won his third Paralympic silver medal by finishing second in the Men's Single Sculls, with a time of 10:00.82. [23]

Horrie finished fourth in the Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull at the 2022 World Rowing Championships. Horrie competed at the 2023 World Rowing Championships and made the final Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull by did not start.

Paratriathlon

In 2013, he competed in the first ever paratriathlon held in Australia. [24]

He placed 2nd of 8 male handcycle/wheelchair athletes in the OTU Paratriathlon Oceania Championships in 2014. [25]

Recognition

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