Campbell Johnstone (rower)

Campbell Johnstone is an Australian former lightweight rower. He won Australia's first rowing World Championship title – a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne in the lightweight men's coxless four.[1]

Campbell Johnstone
Sport
SportRowing
ClubMelbourne University Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
World Rowing Championships
1974 Lucerne Lwt men's four
1975 Nottingham Lwt men's four

Club and state rowing

Johnstone's senior rowing was with the Melbourne University Boat Club. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 1972 he won a national championship title in the lightweight eight.[2]

Johnstone was selected in Victorian state representative lightweight fours to race the Penrith Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships for six consecutive years from 1970 to 1975. Those crews won the interstate championship on five consecutive occasions from 1971 to 1975 with Johnstone as stroke.[3]

National representative rowing

Johnstone was selected for Australian representative honours in a lightweight coxless four for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne. That crew with Johnstone at stroke won Australia's first gold medal at a FISA World Rowing Championship.[4]

The following year at Nottingham 1975 that same crew were selected to defend their title. They came third, taking the bronze medal and were the best performing Australian crew at those championships. They became the first Australian crew to win successive medals at any world championships or FISA championships.[5]

References
  1. "Campbell Johnstone". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. 1972 Austn C'ships at Guerin Foster
  3. "Penrith Cup 1975 at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. "1974 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. "1975 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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