| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | John McDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Toowong Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Penrith Cup 2011,2012,2015. | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy McDonnell (born 4 February 1986) is an Australian former national representative lightweight rower. He won a silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships.
Raised in Queensland, McDonnell's senior club rowing was with the Toowong Rowing Club in Brisbane.
In 2011 McDonnell was first selected in a Queensland lightweight coxless four to contest the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta. [1] He rowed again in the Queensland Penrith Cup four in 2012. [2] After a two year gap he was back in the Queensland lightweight four for their 2015 Penrith Cup victory [3]
McDonnell was first selected to represent Australia at the 2012 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. He was a reserve for the Australian men's lightweight eight but raced as lightweight single sculler. In that event he finished in overall 22nd place. [4] At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju. He was in the two seat of the Australian men's lightweight eight when they took the silver medal. [4]
He gained a seat in the Australian lightweight coxless four into 2015 and rowed in that boat at two World Rowing Cups in Europe but when Perry Ward had to make a late withdrawal from the crew due to injury just before the 2015 World Rowing Championships Silcox and Darryn Purcell were reassigned to race in a lightweight coxless pair and McDonnell to again race the lightweight scull. [5] It was a similar outcome to 2012 in that he finished in 23rd place. It was McDonnell's last national representative appearance. [4]
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