Robert Black (rower)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 25 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | The King's School | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–current | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Mosman Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | King's Cup 2016, 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Robert Black (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian rower. He is a national champion, a national representative in sculling and sweep-oared boats and twice an U23 World Champion.
Black was educated at The King's School where he took up rowing in 2008.[1] His senior club rowing is from the Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney. He fell in love with this sport at his school. He stated in an interview, "when I was in year 7 at school and watching my school's first eights race at the Head of The River. That was the day I fell in love with the sport."[2]
He debuted at state representative level for New South Wales in the 2014 youth eight which contested the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the 2014 Australian Rowing Championships.[3] He stroked that crew and did the same again in 2015 when his New South eight won the Interstate youth eight title.[4] He first rowed in the New South Wales men's senior eight contesting the 2016 King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[5] In 2018 and 2019 he stroked the New South Wales eight to a King's Cup victory.[6][7]
At the 2017 Australian Rowing Championships in Mosman colours he won the national coxless pair title, rowing with Mercantile's Liam Donald.[8]