Rob Jahrling

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Rob Jahrling
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1974-02-14) 14 February 1974 (age 49)
East Berlin, East Germany
Education Newington College
Monash University
Occupation Investment banker
Height204 cm (6 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight96 kg (212 lb) [1]
Relatives Harald Jährling (father)
Marina Wilke (mother)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Eight
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Seville Coxed pair
Commonwealth Rowing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Ontario M4-

Robert Jahrling (born 14 February 1974) is an East Berlin-born Olympian rower of East German parentage who competed for Australia at three Olympic Games. He was an Australian state and national champion, a medallist at World Rowing Championships and won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the men's eight. [1] [2]

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Personal

Jahrling was born in East Berlin, Germany. [3] His parents, Marina Wilke and Harald Jährling, are both Olympic gold medallists in rowing for East Germany. [4] His mother – the coxswain of the East German women's eight – was not yet sixteen when Jahrling was born. Jahrling attended Newington College (1991–1992) [5] and was coached by Robert Buntine and Michael Morgan. He holds a BA (Commerce) and a Masters in International Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management from Monash University where he graduated in 2000.[ citation needed ] According to LinkedIn Jahrling completed further education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Columbia Business School, Stanford University, Yale School of Management, University of Oxford and Harvard Business School. Jahrling works as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank where he is a Managing Director and the Head of Equities.

Club and state rowing

Jahrling's senior club rowing was done from Sydney Rowing Club, where he is an Honorary Life Member. He was first selected to represent New South Wales in the 1993 men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. [6] He raced in further King's Cup eights for New South Wales in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. [7] His King's Cup career was during a period of Victorian dominance and Jahrling only saw one NSW victory – in 2004. [8]

In Sydney Rowing Club colours Jahrling contested numerous national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships. He won 7 national championships and 21 New South Wales state championship titles.

Jahrling represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (1x Silver), 8 World Championships, 3 Commonwealth Games (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) and over 50 World Cup regattas:

Accolades

Jahrling is a five time New South Wales Rower of the Year recipient and has been involved in fund raising activities for Step to the Future and Mission Australia. He is an Honorary Life Member of Sydney Rowing Club and a member of the Olympians Club of Australia. He was awarded the keys to the City of Sydney as part of the 2000 Olympic team and in 2002 he won the Australian National Sports Star award for achievements in both sport and business.[ citation needed ]

Post-rowing career

From 2000, Jahrling worked as an investment banker for Credit Suisse in Australia and Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. Later he became a managing director at Citi in Australia and the Head of Equity Syndicate. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rob Jahrling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Robert Jahrling". Australian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rob Jahrling". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marina Wilke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) p 98
  6. ↑ "1993 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "2002 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "2004 Austn C'ships". Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Citi team linked up big freight sale chain Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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