Darryn Purcell was born on 5 October 1985 and is an Australian former national and world champion lightweight rower.
12 Facts About Darryn Purcell
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Darryn Purcell won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's eight.
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From 2007 to 2015 Darryn Purcell was selected at stroke on nine consecutive occasions to represent Queensland in the men's lightweight coxless four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.
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Darryn Purcell stroked those Queensland fours for nine of those occasions including three successive Penrith Cup victories from 2013 to 2015.
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Darryn Purcell was first selected to represent Australia at the 2006 World Rowing U23 Championships in Hazewinkel in a lightweight quad scull.
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In 2008 Darryn Purcell was elevated to the Australian senior lightweight squad and he raced in the men's eight which placed eighth at the World Championships in Linz.
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Darryn Purcell was selected in the Australian men's lightweight coxless four contesting the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan and placed 14th.
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In 2010 at the World Championships in Lake Karapiro, Darryn Purcell was seated at bow in the Australian men's lightweight eight stroked by Perry Ward which placed second and won the silver medal.
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Darryn Purcell continued to represent Australia at the elite world level till 2015.
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Darryn Purcell won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Rowing Cup I in Sydney in a lightweight four and raced in the lightweight eight at that regatta.
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Darryn Purcell represented Australia in two crews at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju placing tenth in the coxless four and second in the eight winning his third world championship medal - a silver.
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Darryn Purcell held his seat in the lightweight coxless four into 2015 and rowed in that boat at two World Rowing Cups in Europe but when Perry Ward had to make a late withdrawal from the crew due to injury just before the 2015 World Rowing Championships Purcell and Nicholas Silcox were reassigned to race in a lightweight coxless pair.