Duncan Free

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Duncan Free

Personal information

Born

25 May 1973

Medal record

Men's Rowing
Competitor for Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Quadruple Sculls
Gold	2008 Beijing	Coxless Pair
World Championships
Gold	2006 Eton	Coxless Pair
Gold	2007 Munich	Coxless Pair
Bronze	1997 Aiguebelette	Double Sculls
Bronze	1999 St. Catharines	Quadruple Sculls

Duncan Free, (born 25 May 1973) is an Australian rower and Olympic medallist. Free was born in Hobart, Tasmania but currently lives on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Free was a member of Australia's quad sculls team at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games winning a bronze medal at Atlanta in 1996. After the Athens Games, he took a year off before switching to sweep rowing and establishing a partnership with gold medallist Drew Ginn in the coxless pair. They won the world championships in 2006 and 2007 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Free also won the Henley Diamond Sculls in 2001.

References

Persondata
Name	Free, Duncan
Alternative names
Short description	Rower
Date of birth	25 May 1973
Place of birth
Date of death
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