LETCHER Luke

Australia

Rowing

Date of Birth: 11 Jun 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.05/6'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls AUS Australia	3

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Heat 1 #19	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A #85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	1x	2x
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	19	-
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	17

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	5:43.30
4	Double Sculls	2017	Poznan, POL	6:12.23
5	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:48.43
6	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:04.84
10	Double Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	6:33.56
19	Double Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	6:42.15

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rotterdam, NED	1

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

Nickname:

Lurch (rowingaustralia.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

Hobbies:

Mountain biking. (rowingaustralia.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Engineer, Student

Education:

Material Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AUS

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Black Mountain Rowing Club [Canberra, ACT, AUS]

Coach:

Mark Prater [national]

Start:

He took up rowing at age 13 at Radford College in Bruce, ACT, Australia. "Rowing is an older person's sport, we don't peak physically until we are in our late 20s, so university is not too late to start rowing competitively." (anu-sport.com.au, 07 Jul 2021; the-riotact.com, 14 Mar 2021)

Reason:

He was encouraged to take up the sport by his neighbour and rowing coach Philip Winkworth. (the-riotact.com, 14 Mar 2021)

Training:

"On the team we train three times a day, six days a week, including three weights sessions and 200-250 kilometres of rowing." (anu-sport.com.au, 07 Jul 2021)

Influence:

His high school coach David Bagnall. "I was lucky to have David Bagnall as a coach through high school. I wouldn't have had anywhere near the success I've had without him." (the-riotact.com, 14 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"My general life motto is that positivity is a choice. Obviously, it's near impossible to control whether you're happy or sad at any given time, but regardless of that you can always choose to find the positive aspect to a situation and make the most of what's been given to you." (anu-sport.com.au, 07 Jul 2021)

Award:

He was named 2016 Sports Star of the Year by the Australian National University. (Rowing ACT Facebook page, 05 May 2017)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a project engineer for an electrical subcontractor in Australia. "Rowing has been my priority; you can't be a part-time elite rower. Each week, I train, study and work with an electrical company." (anu-sport.com.au, 07 Jul 2021; radfordcollegians.com.au, 24 Aug 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2020 he became a board member at Rowing ACT [Australian Capital Territory]. (Rowing ACT Facebook page, 06 Jun 2021, 30 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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