Gavin Bellis
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| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1973 | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||
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Gavin Bellis (born 11 November 1973) is an Australian rower. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in rowing and with Kathryn Ross won gold medals at the 2013 , 2014 and 2015 World Rowing Championships.
Personal
Bellis was born on 11 November 1973 in Manly, New South Wales].[1][2][3] He is married and has two children.[1]
Bellis served in the army, making the rank of sergeant[2] while serving as a diesel mechanic.[1] He was medically discharged in 2005 following a 2004 diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxia, a hereditary disease.[1] Before acquiring his disability, he was a rugby union player and coach.[1] He coached and played Riverina Army Rugby Union for several years.[1][4][5]
Rowing
Bellis has a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[1] He competes with Kathryn Ross in the trunk-and-arms mixed double sculls.[6][7][8]
Bellis had been rowing for a few years before the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1][2] In 2011, he was reclassified,[2] and made his international debut.[1] He participated in the 2012 Rowing Australia National Selection Trials.[2] He competed at the 2012 International Adaptive Regatta in Gavirate, Italy with Ross on the first day of competition and went on to win a silver medal with Ross in the trunk-and-arms mixed double sculls event.[1][9] Following this event, he became Ross' regular rowing partner for purposes of Paralympic qualification, because he was slightly faster than the other contender, John Maclean.[3] While at the Regatta, he also finished in third in the individual men's event.[1] He and Ross came in first at the 2012 World Rowing Cup 3, in Munich, Germany. At the event, they competed in a Filippi row boat, which was not their normal boat.[1][6][7][10] He and Ross finished first in the 2012 Italian National Championships.[1] At the June 2012 World Cup in Monaco of Bavaria, he and Ross finished first with a time of 4'10 "34 in the Double Adaptive TAMix event.[11] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he teamed with Ross in rowing trunk-and-arms mixed double sculls [1][7][12][13] but they did not medal.[14]
At the 2013 World Championships in Chungju, South Korea, he partnered with Kathryn Ross to win the gold medal in the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x.[15] They were coached by Gordon Marcks.[15] With Ross, Bellis won back to back gold medals by winning the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [16] This victory was ranked #39 in the International Paralympic Committee's list of moments of 2014.[17]
Bellis and Ross won their third consecutive Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x title at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France.[18]
Recognition
- 2013 – World Rowing Para-Crew of the Year with his rowing partner Kathryn Ross [19]
- 2014 – Rowing Australia Male Athlete of the Year[20]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Gavin Bellis". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kate Butler (23 March 2012). s/local/sport/rowing/ross-games-partner-yet-to-be-finalised/2498202.aspx "Ross' Games partner yet to be finalised" Check
|url= - 1 2 Kate Butler (9 May 2012). "Fresh twist for Ross as Paralympic Games partner selected". The Warrnambool Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "Teamwork approach to rugby recruitment". Army. 2 April 2009. p. 26. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "A very civil(ian) approach to Riverina rugby". Army. 11 June 2009. p. 25. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- 1 2 Aidan Fawkes (19 June 2012). "After unexpected World Cup triumph, Ross declares best is yet to come". The Warrnambool Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Ross selected on Australian rowing team for Paralympic Games". The Warrnambool Standard. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ Meagan Rooth (7 April 2012). "Ross selected for second shot at Paralympics' glory". The Warrnambool Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "• News Article". World Rowing. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "Team GB mixed adaptive coxed four takes victory over Germany in Munich". inside world parasport. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "Monaco di Baviera: oro per Ruta nel singolo Pesi Leggeri". Radiowebitalia.it. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "WEEKEND SCOREBOARD". The Australian (Australia). 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "2012 Aust Rowing Team". Australia: AAP News. April 1, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ Results for Gavin Bellis from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- 1 2 "Golden Day for Australian Crews". Rowing Australia News. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ "Two golds for Australian rowing at the World champs". Sportsfan, 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ "IPC's no 39 moment of 2014 : Bellis and Ross' Para-rowing world title win". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Horrie, Ross and Bellis crowned champions three years in a row". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross named Para-Crew of Year". International Paralympic Committee News. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "Ross and Bellis named 2014 Female and Male Rowers of the Year". Rowing Australia Media Release. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.