Dominic Grimm
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Sydney, Australia
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| Nickname | Reaper[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1988 (age 37) Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Sydney Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sydney Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Grimm (born 14 January 1988 in Sydney) is an Australian national champion rower who in 2010 won a world championship in the coxed pair.[citation needed]
Grimm attended Sydney Boys High School[1] from 2000 to 2005 where he took up rowing. His senior rowing was done from the Sydney Rowing Club. [citation needed]
He was first selected to represent New South Wales in the youth eight competing for the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the 2008 Australian Rowing Championships.[2] In 2009 and 2010 he was selected in New South Wales senior men's eights who contested and both won the King's Cup at the annual Interstate Regatta.[3]
In Sydney Rowing Club colours contested Australian national titles on a number of occasions starting in 2008 where he contested the U23 men's coxless pair, coxless four and eight. He won a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport and in 2009 at the Australian Rowing Championships he stroked an eight contesting the U23 men's eight title; stroked an AIS pair contesting the Australian coxless pair title (they placed second); and stroked an AIS four to win the national coxless four championship title.[4]
