Caleb Antill

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Caleb Antill
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995 (age 26)
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportRowing
Event(s)M4x
ClubANU Boat Club
Achievements and titles
National finalsKing's Cup (8+) 2015
President's Cup (1X) 2018-19
Aust champion (4X) 2017&19
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Quad scull
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls

Caleb Antill (born 8 August 1995) is an Australian representative rower.[1] He is an Olympian, an Australian national champion, was a 2016 U23 world champion and has represented at World Rowing Championships, winning a silver medal in 2018.[2] He raced in the Australian men's quad scull at Tokyo 2021 to a bronze medal.[3][4]

Club and state rowing[]

Antill's senior club rowing has been from the ANU Boat Club.

Antill first made state selection for the Australian Capital Territory in their 2015 men's eight competing for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[5] In 2018 and 2019 he was the ACT's single sculling entrant and raced for the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[6]

At the 2017 Australian Championships he won the open men's quad scull national title rowing with Luke Letcher, Hamish Playfair and David Watts.[7] In 2019 he again won the Australian national quad scull championship in a composite SUBC /ANU Boat Club.[8]

Antill competed for the ANU Boat Club at the 2014 and 2015 Intervarsity Championships. In 2014 he rowed in the ANU eight, a coxed four and a coxless pair.[9] In 2015 he competed in the coxed four and won the double-sculls university championship title with Luke Letcher.[10]

In 2021 he won an Australian Championship title in the open men's quad scull.[11]

International rowing career[]

Antill made his Australian representative debut in 2016 at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam where he raced in Australia's U23 quad scull to an U23 World Championship title and a gold medal.[12] In 2017 he was Australia's single sculler at the U23 World Championships in Plovdiv. He made the A final and finished in sixth place.[12] He was the men's sculling reserve at the 2017 senior World Championships in Sarasota.[13]

He made his first Australian senior appearance in 2018 in the Australian squad scull. With Luke Letcher, Alexander Purnell and David Watts they raced at two World Rowing Cups and then at for the 2018 World Rowing Championships Letcher was changed out for Campbell Watts.[12] With Antill in the bow seat that crew placed third in their heat and then in the repechage went out hard and alongside New Zealand they surprised the Lithuanian world champions knocking them out of the final. In the final the Australian quad rowed through most of the field from the 1000m mark and finished in second place to Italy for a silver world championship medal.[12] In 2019 he was selected with Purnell, Watts and Cameron Girdlestone to row Australia's quad scull for the 2019 international season. They placed 2nd at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and 4th at WRC III in Rotterdam.[12] Antill and David Bartholot were selected to race Australia's double scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.[14] The double were looking for a top eleven finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[15] They finished sixth in the B-final for an overall twelfth world place and failed to qualify the boat for Tokyo 2020.[12]

By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Antill had forced his way into the Australian quad scull, which had qualified for the Olympics on 2019 performances. Antill was selected to race that boat with Cameron Girdlestone, Luke Letcher and Jack Cleary in the other seats.[16] This combination had won the Australian national title in the quad in 2021. In Tokyo the quad won their heat and progressed straight to the A final. They were behind the lead for much of the race but winds had blown up before the event and some crews struggled with their bladework in the chop. With Antill sculling at two Australian quad kept their composure and technique and managed a bronze medal finish on the line.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Caleb Antill". Rowing Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ "WRCH Plovdiv, Bulgaria: M4x results" (PDF). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ 2021 Aust Olympic Crews
  4. ^ Firmed Aust 2021 crews
  5. ^ "Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ "2017 Australian Championships" (PDF). sirr.rowingaustralia.com.au.
  8. ^ "2019 Australian Rowing Championships results". ra.rowingmanager.com.
  9. ^ "Australian University Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Australian University Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  11. ^ Guerin-Foster 2021 Australian national championship results
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "Caleb ANTILL". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  13. ^ "2017 World Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  14. ^ "2019 WRC entry list" (PDF). worldrowing.com.
  15. ^ "2019 World C'ship selections". rowingaustralia.com.au.
  16. ^ Rowing Aust 2021 Olympic Team

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