1. Sam Conrad was a national champion, a world champion and an Olympian like his father and grandfather.
11 Facts About Sam Conrad
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Sam's father Tim Conrad was a New South Wales King's Cup winner from the UNSW Rowing Club and later the Sydney Rowing Club who rowed in the six seat of the Australian men's eight at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal who finished fifth.
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Sam Conrad was first selected to represent Queensland in the men's youth eight which contested the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy in the Interstate Regatta within the 2001 Australian Rowing Championships.
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Sam Conrad raced again in the victorious Queensland youth eight of 2002.
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Sam Conrad stroked those eights in 2006,2007 and 2008.
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In Queensland University colours and racing with his world championship partner Hardy Cubasch, Sam Conrad contested national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships.
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Sam Conrad was first selected to represent Australia in an all-Queensland men's junior coxed four at the 2001 Junior World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
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From 2006 to 2008 Sam Conrad held a seat in the Australian men's senior eight.
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Sam Conrad contested two World Rowing Cups in Europe in 2006 and was seated at four when the eight raced at the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton Dorney to a fourth placing.
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Sam Conrad competed in the eight at World Rowing Cups II and III in 2007 and was in the five seat when they contested the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich and placed eighth.
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Sam Conrad competed in the lead-up World Rowing Cups and then was seated at seven in the men's eight who raced to a sixth place in the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics.