BOOTH Joshua

Australia

Rowing

Date of Birth: 9 Oct 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Eight AUS Australia	6

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Heat 1 #59	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Repechage 1 #104	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Final A #130	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4-	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2	-
2012	London, GBR	-	6

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	4
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	2
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	9
2011	Bled, SLO	-	4
2010	Hamilton, NZL	7	-

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Pair	2019	Poznan, POL	6:38.23
2	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:31.95
5	Eight	2018	Linz, AUT	5:32.63
6	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:04.84

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Nickname:

Boothy, Horse (sbs.com.au, 07 Jul 2016; rowingaustralia.com.au, 01 Jun 2016)

Education:

Medicine - University of Melbourne, Australia

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Melbourne University Boat Club [Australia]

Coach:

Ian Wright [national], NZL

Start:

He took up rowing in 2006. (rowingaustralia.com.au, 18 Mar 2013)

Hero:

Australian marathon swimmer Susie Maroney. (vis.org.au, 01 Mar 2013)

Philosophy:

"Often the most challenging part of competing is managing expectations around results and outcomes. This can become distracting, and the best strategy is to focus on the nuts and bolts of rowing well and fast." (unimelb.edu.au, 20 Oct 2017)

Award:

He was named Rowers' Rower of the Year at the 2019 Rowing Australia Awards ceremony. (rowingaustralia.com.au, 23 Nov 2019)

In 2018 he received the Gina Rinehart Rowing Leadership Award from Rowing Australia. (ginarinehart.com.au, 03 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
DOCTOR
He graduated from a degree in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 2018, and initially deferred his medical internship in order to focus on competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Following the postponement of the Games, he approached the Royal Melbourne Hospital to begin his internship in 2020. "With the increased demand on hospitals and for medical staff due to COVID-19, I considered how I could help. I heard there was a need for junior doctors in Melbourne and I approached the Royal Melbourne Hospital. I have been able to take up an internship, as they had positions to fill. To me it also feels like a really positive move - to feel helpful and useful. So, in a sense regardless of Olympic aspirations or having a successful medical career, it felt like the right decision." (vis.org.au, 01 Apr 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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