Geoffrey Rees (rower)

Geoffrey Rees is an Australian lightweight rower – a national champion and a world champion. He won Australia's first rowing World Championship title – a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne in a lightweight men's four.[1]

Geoffrey Rees

Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Melbourne University Boat Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Australia World Rowing Championships 1974 Lucerne Lwt men's four 1977 Amsterdam Lwt men's four 1975 Nottingham Lwt men's four 1978 Copenhagen Lwt men's four

Club and state rowing

Rees' senior rowing was with the Melbourne University Boat Club.

At the Australian Rowing Championships in 1975 he won a national championship title in the lightweight coxless four. He repeated that feat in 1977 and 1978. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 1978 he also won a national title in the lightweight eight and did so again the following year.

Rees was selected in Victorian state representative lightweight fours to race the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships on six occasions between 1973 and 1979. Those crews won the interstate championship from 1973 to 1975 and in 1977 & 78.[2]

National representative rowing

Rees was selected for Australian representative honours in a lightweight coxless four for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne. That crew won Australia's first gold medal at a FISA World Rowing Championship.[3]

The following year at Nottingham 1975 that same crew were selected to defend their title. They came third, taking the bronze medal and were the best performing Australian crew at those championships. They became the first Australian crew to win successive medals at any world championships or FISA championships.[4]

Rees was also selected in Australia lightweight fours for Amsterdam 1977 and Lake Karapiro 1978 taking silver and bronze, respectively. His final Australian representative appearance on the international stage was in the men's lightweight eight who finished sixth at the 1979 World Rowing Championships.[5]

References

1. "Geoffrey Rees". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. "Geoff Rees career at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
3. "1974 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
4. "1975 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
5. "Geoff Rees' career at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.