Leon Chambers Explained

Leon Chambers
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Years Active:2018-current
Sport:Rowing
Club:Sydney University Boat Club

Leon Chambers (born 17 April 1998) is an American-born Australian representative rower. He was twice an Australian U23 national champion and represented in the lightweight double-scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.

Club and state rowing

Chambers' senior club rowing in Australia is from the Sydney University Boat Club.[1]

In 2018 in SUBC colours, Chambers contested and won the U23 men's lightweight single scull and the lightweight double scull title (with Matthew Curtin) at the Australian Rowing Championships.[2]

International representative rowing

Chambers made his Australian representative debut at the 2018 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in a lightweight double scull .[3] In 2019 with Hamish Parry, Chambers raced in Australia's lightweight double scull at both World Rowing Cups in Europe and was then selected to contest the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.[4] The double was looking for a top seven finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[5] They placed second in the B-final for an overall eighth place finish and failed to qualify the boat for Tokyo 2020.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chambers at Rowing Australia . 29 August 2019 . 11 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111035441/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/athleteprofile/leon-chambers/ . dead .
  2. https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2018 2018 Australian Championships
  3. Web site: Chambers at World Rowing . 29 August 2019 . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427100734/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/51364/results/chambers-leon . dead .
  4. Web site: 2019 WRC entry list . 29 August 2019 . 23 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823105705/http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROW-------------------------------_C32A.pdf . dead .
  5. https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/ 2019 World Championship selections