Australian rowing coxswain
Jo Burnard
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait |
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Full name | Josephine Burnand |
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Nationality | Australia |
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Born | (1962-04-04) 4 April 1962 (age 62) |
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Club | Mosman Rowing Club |
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Josephine "Jo" Burnand (born 4 April 1962) is an Australian rowing coxswain. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Personal
Burnand was born on 4 April 1962.[2] She is married to former Australian rower Craig Muller, a bronze medallist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[2] They have three children.[2] She is a qualified medical doctor and has two bachelor's degrees in social work and medicine as well as a Masters in public health.[2][3]
Rowing career
Burnand as a coxswain has been involved in rowing since 1981.[2] She started rowing whilst studying at the University of Sydney.[3] In 1986, she was a member on the Australian U23 team and in 1987 held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship.[3] She was a member of the Australian Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four ( LTAMix4+) team that competed at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.[4] She combined with Brock Ingram, Jeremy McGrath, Davinia Lefroy and Kathleen Murdochin the LTAMix4+ to win the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in April 2016.[5]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Burnard was a member of the LTA Mixed Coxed Four that finished first in the LTAMix4+ B Final.[6]
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