Gearoid Towey
Medal record | ||
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Men's rowing | ||
Representing Ireland | ||
World Championships | ||
2001 Lucerne | LM2- | |
1999 St. Catharines | LM4x | |
2003 Milan | LM2x | |
2006 Eton | LM4- | |
U23 World Championships | ||
1996 Hazewinkel | BLM1x |
Gearoid Towey (born 26 March 1977 in Fermoy, Ireland[1]) is an Irish Olympic athlete, former world champion in rowing, and trans-Atlantic rower. He competed at three Olympics – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Towey, along with Ciaran Lewis, attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 in a 23 ft rowing boat. After 40 days at sea, having endured two tropical storms and a hurricane on the way, their boat was pitch poled by a 10-meter wave, leaving the men adrift 900 miles from landfall. They were rescued in the middle of a force 9 storm at night by the supertanker "Hispania Spirit".[2]
He lives in Sydney Australia and is the founder of Crossing the Line Sport – an organisation dedicated to athlete mental health and transition out of sport. He is a regular speaker on the topic of transition, especially the transition from elite athlete to the next phase of life.
References
External links
- Gearoid Towey at World Rowing
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- 1995: (Carlo Grande, Pasquale Marigliano)
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- 1998: (Jean-Christophe Bette, Vincent Montabonel)
- 1999: (Stefano Basalini, Paolo Pittino)
- 2000: (Ben Storey, Edward Winchester)
- 2001: (Gearoid Towey, Tony O'Connor)
- 2002: (Christián Yantani, Miguel Cerda)
- 2003: (Bo Helleberg, Mads Andersen)
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- 2016: (Augustin Mouterde, Alexis Guérinot)
- 2017: (Mark O'Donovan, Shane O'Driscoll)
- 2018: (Giuseppe Di Mare, Alfonso Scalzone)
- 2019: (Giuseppe Di Mare, Raffaele Serio)
- 2022: (Alessandro Durante, Giovanni Ficarra)
- 2023: (Francesco Bardelli, Stefano Pinsone)
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