Nicholas Baker (rower)
Australian rower
Nicholas Baker
Born (1985-02-13 ) 13 February 1985 (age 39) Sport Rowing Club Lindisfarne Rowing Club
Nicholas Baker (born 13 February 1985) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower . He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's eight .[ 1]
Club and state rowing
Raised in Tasmania, Baker's senior club rowing was from the Lindisfarne Rowing Club in Hobart.
In 2008 Baker was selected to represent Tasmania in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships .[ 2] [ 3]
In Lindisfarne club colours he contested the Australian men's lightweight pair title at the 2008 Australian Rowing Championships .[ 2]
International representative rowing
Baker was first selected to represent Australia at the 2007 World Rowing U23 Championships in Glasgow in a lightweight coxless pair which placed seventh.[ 4] 2008 World Rowing Championships in Linz to a seventh placing.[ 4]
In 2010 at the World Championships in Lake Karapiro, Baker was seated at five in the Australian men's lightweight eight who placed second and won the silver medal.[ 4]
The Australian lightweight eight stayed together into 2011 with the changeout of Perry Ward and Angus Tyers for Rod Chisolm and Tom Gibson and a move of Darryn Purcell into the stroke seat. At the 2011 World Championships in Bled they raced their final to perfection coming through the field from the 500mark, sitting second at the 1000 and the 1500, and running down the Italians in the last 200m to take the gold by 0.17seconds, winning Baker his first and only World Championship title.[ 5]
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FISA championships
1974 : Baldino , Gaynor , Nauman , Harman , Aserlind , Ewing , Feld , Grogan , cox Hartigan )1975 : Meyer , Lutz , Braun , Maye , Fritsch , Buhren , Lobing , Kerkhoff , cox Neumeister )1976 : Werner , Zimmer , Büsken , Nentwig , Neubert , Meschede , Huck , Nehmer , cox Sassenbach )1977 : Read , Stuart-Bennett , George , Simpole , Cusack , Innes , Topolski , Drury , cox Sweeney )1978 : Simpole , Read , Drury , Downie , Roberts , Zeun , Melvin , French , cox Moynihan )1979 : Goicoechea , Arteaga , Uriarte , Expósito , Elizalde , Redondo , Puertas , Climent , cox Olasagasti )1980 : Barratt , Hosking , Downie , Howe , Zeun , Roberts , Read , Simpole , cox Jefferies )1981 : Knudsen , Jensen , Mølgaard , Højlund , Hansson , Eriksen , Espersen , Fransson , cox Klug-Andersen )1982 : Valentinis , Torta , Pantano , Tontodonati , R. Borsini , L. Borsini , Castiglioni , Salani , cox Di Capua )1983 : Moya , Cañete , Génova , Muniesa , Crespo , Briones , Llorente , Elizalde , cox Rojí )1984 : Mølgaard , Jacobsen , Højlund , Hansson , Christensen , Jensen , Espersen , Kobbernagel , cox Rasmussen ) Official world championships
1985 : Losi , Savoia , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Marostica , Re , Ravasi , cox Di Deco )1986 : Losi , Savoia , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Di Deco )1987 : Losi , Striani , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Zanetti )1988 : Striani , Re , Spremberg , Losi , Ravasi , Barbaranelli , Bellomo , Torcellan , cox Velotti )1989 : Barbaranelli , Romanini , Falossi , Fraquelli , Torcellan , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Lamberti )1990 : Barbaranelli , Falossi , Gaddi , Ranieri , Ravasi , Re , Romanini , Striani , cox Lamberti )1991 : Barbaranelli , Cantoni , Gaddi , Marigliano , Ranieri , Ravasi , Re , Romanini , cox Iannuzzi )1992 : Andersen , Blitskov , Buck , Hansen , Jensen Kollat , Meyer , Poulsen , Vestergaard , cox Sorensen )1993 : Boyes , Cookson , Fontaine , Hassett , Lay , Peaker , Sommerwil , Thompson , cox Newman )1994 : Bates , Cox , Ellis , Hessian , Kay , Lemon , McNiven , Smith , cox Deakin )1995 : Andersen , Bech Jensen , Buck , Glud , Henrichsen , Jensen Kollat , Jensen , Vestergaard , cox Larsen )1996 : Bech , Edeler , Jenny , Locher , Mielke , Töpfer , Vukelic , Maerz , cox Klotz )1997 : Balmforth , Berney , Burgess , Isherwood , Mitchell , Richards , Wiseman , Wright , cox Hayman )1998 : Edeler , Ibielski , Laib , Locher , Rosenberger , Stomporowski , Strauch , Vukelic , cox Kaska )1999 : Plifka , Kerber , Cashman , Den Besten , Cotter , Ruckman , Tripician , Kammann , cox Salamini )2000 : Miller , Mack , Cashman , Winkler , Fedyna , Schwartz , Maclaurin , Warner , cox Fien-Helfman )2001 : Dupy , Péron , Porchier , Bussière , Touron , Bette , Hocdé , Dorfman , cox Lattaignant )2002 : Scala , Lodigiani , Del Gaudio , Moriconi , Paniccia , Grande , Fraquelli , Pasqualini , cox Di Palma )2003 : Seibt , Raeder , Drews , Hasse , Borchardt , Schmidt , Hobein , Dahlke , cox Kaska )2004 : Solforosi , Margat , Saïtta , Pouge , Bussière , Faucheux , Planque , Tilliet , cox Majerus )2005 : Vlcek , Danesin , Savrie , Goretti , Scala , Moriconi , Del Gaudio , Gabriele , cox Barattolo )2006 : Scala , Tuccinardi , La Padula , Sancassani , Goretti , Savrie , Vlcek , Gabriele , cox Lenzi )2007 : van den Broek , Bottema , Blankert , Beemsterboer , Tromp , Greidanus , Snijders , Godschalk , cox Wiersum )2008 : Carcagno , Bolton , Farrell , Altman , Todd , Daly , Paradiso , Muffelman , cox del Guercio )2009 : Scala , Riccardi , La Padula , Goretti , Ceccatelli , Gallo , Vlcek , Mascarenhas , cox Lenzi )2010 : Wisgott , Gerhardt , Lüke , Wichert , J. Kühner , Seibt , Schömann-Finck , M. Kühner , cox Kowert )2011 : Bertrand , Brown , Tunevitsch , Gibson , Foot , Chisholm , Baker , Purcell , cox Webster )2012 : M. Schömann-Finck , J. Schömann-Finck , M. Kühner , Schützeberg , Hochbruck , J. Kühner , Seibt , Wichert , cox Sauer )2013 : Molteni , Amarante , Zaharia , Barbaro , Oppo , Serpico , Schisano , Di Girolamo , cox D'Aniello )2014 : Franzmann , Barr , Neumann , Wallat , Wisgott , Kilthau , Keßler , Temel , cox Böhm )2015 : Schad , Barr , Neumann , Roller , Franzmann , Wallat , Mertens , Temel , cox Heinemann )
