Luke Letcher

Luke Letcher (born 11 June 1994) is an Australian representative rower, a national champion and an underage world champion. He was a member of the gold winning 2016 U/23 World Championship quad scull.

Luke Letcher
Personal information
Born11 June 1994 (1994-06-11) (age 26)
EducationRadford College, Canberra
Sport
SportRowing
ClubBlack Mountain Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
National finalsKing's Cup (8+) 2015
President's Cup (1X) 2015-17
Australian champion 4X 2017

School, Club and State rowing

Letcher began rowing aged 13 at Radford College and was a member of the National Championship School Boy Coxed Quad in 2011. He won numerous underage State and National Championships including the National U19 single and quad scull in 2012 and National U23 single, double & quad scull in 2015. From 2014-2016 Letcher competed for the Australian National University Boat Club (where he is studying engineering), at the National University Championships winning many events entered. He is the 2016 ANU Sports Star of the Year.

Letcher's senior rowing club is the Black Mountain Rowing Club, Canberra.

Letcher's first state selection for the Australian Capital Territory was in the 2015 men's eight competing for the King's Cup as well as the single scull for the President's Cup at the National Interstate Regatta.[1] In 2016 and 2017 Letcher was again the ACT representative single sculler at the Interstate regatta.[2] He took the silver medal in 2017.[3]

In 2017 Letcher won the Australian National quad scull championship title rowing in a composite selection crew with Caleb Antill, Hamish Playfair and David Watts.[4]

International representative rowing

Letcher made his Australian representative debut in the quad scull at the World Junior Rowing Championships in 2012. In 2014 he was selected as Australia's single sculler for the World Rowing U23 Championshipsin Varese. In 2015 he rowed with Thomas Schramko in a double scull at the World Rowing U23 Championships. In 2016 at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam, Letcher rowed in the three seat to an U/23 World Championship gold medal in the quad scull with Schramko, Caleb Antill and Robert Black.[5]

In 2017 Letcher was selected in Australia's senior squad and rowed a double scull with David Watts at two World Rowing Cups in Europe and then at the 2017 World Rowing Championships.[5] In 2018 Letcher rowed in the Australian quad scull at 2 World Rowing Cups and rowed the single scull World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv Bulgaria. [5]

In 2019 Letcher was selected in the Australian senior men's squad for the international representative season. At the WRC II in Poznan he rowed in a double scull with David Bartholot and World Rowing Cup III in Rotterdam he rowed at six in the Australian eight.[5]

References

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