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'''Jon Berney''' (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian [[lightweight rowing|lightweight rower]]. He won a gold medal at the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Aiguebelette-le-Lac|Aiguebelette]] with the lightweight men's [[Eight (rowing)|eight]].<ref name="FISA profile">{{cite web |title= Jon Berney |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/925/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref>
'''Jon Berney''' (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian world champion [[lightweight rowing|lightweight rower]]. He won a gold medal at the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Aiguebelette-le-Lac|Aiguebelette]] with the lightweight men's [[Eight (rowing)|eight]].<ref name="FISA profile">{{cite web |title= Jon Berney |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/925/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>


==Club and state rowing==
==Club and state rowing==
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==International representative rowing==
==International representative rowing==
In 1997 Berney made his Australian representative debut in the [[Lyall McCarthy]] coached men's lightweight eight. At the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] in Aiguebelette, Berney rowed in the four seat of that boat to a thrilling final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Berney won his first and only World Championship title.<ref name="Career" /> In 1998 Berney rowed with his team-mate [[Alastair Isherwood]] from the '97 eight in a lightweight [[Coxless pair|coxless pair]]. They won silver and then gold at two World Rowing Cups that year in Europe before racing that pair at the [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 World Championships]] in Cologne to a fifth place finish.<ref name="Career" />. It was Berney's last Australian representative appearance.<ref name="Career">[http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/925/results/berney Berney at World Rowing]</ref>
In 1997, Berney made his Australian representative debut in the [[Lyall McCarthy]] coached men's lightweight eight. At the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, Berney rowed in the four seat of that boat to a final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Berney won his first and only World Championship title.<ref name="Career" />
In 1998, Berney rowed with his team-mate [[Alastair Isherwood]] from the 1997 eight in a lightweight [[coxless pair]]. They won silver and then gold at two World Rowing Cups that year in Europe, before racing that pair at the [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 World Championships]] in [[Cologne]] to a fifth place finish.<ref name="Career" /> It was Berney's last Australian representative appearance.<ref name="Career">[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/jon-berney?id=925 Berney at World Rowing]</ref>

In 2013, Berney was inducted into the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/about/HallofFame/|title=Hall of Fame - Rowing Victoria - revolutioniseSPORT|website=www.rowingvictoria.asn.au|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Australian male rowers]]
[[Category:Australian male rowers]]
[[Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia]]
[[Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)]]

[[Category:People educated at Geelong Grammar School]]

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Latest revision as of 09:32, 27 May 2024

Jon Berney
Personal information
Born (1976-03-26) 26 March 1976 (age 48)
EducationGeelong Grammar
Sport
SportRowing
ClubBarwon Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Aiguebelette Lwt eight

Jon Berney (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight.[1]

Club and state rowing

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Berney's was educated and took up rowing at Geelong Grammar School. His senior club rowing was from the Barwon Rowing Club in Geelong.

International representative rowing

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In 1997, Berney made his Australian representative debut in the Lyall McCarthy coached men's lightweight eight. At the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, Berney rowed in the four seat of that boat to a final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Berney won his first and only World Championship title.[2]

In 1998, Berney rowed with his team-mate Alastair Isherwood from the 1997 eight in a lightweight coxless pair. They won silver and then gold at two World Rowing Cups that year in Europe, before racing that pair at the 1998 World Championships in Cologne to a fifth place finish.[2] It was Berney's last Australian representative appearance.[2]

In 2013, Berney was inducted into the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Jon Berney". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Berney at World Rowing
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame - Rowing Victoria - revolutioniseSPORT". www.rowingvictoria.asn.au. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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