Spencer Alf Turrin was born on 29 August 1991 and is an Australian representative rower.
18 Facts About Spencer Turrin
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Spencer Turrin is a national champion, twice world champion, a dual Olympian and an Olympic champion.
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Spencer Turrin competed and won medals in the Australian senior men's coxless four at every World Rowing Championship from 2013 to 2018, culminating in consecutive world championship gold at Sarasota 2017 and 2018 Plovdiv.
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Spencer Turrin rowed in the two seat of the Australian men's coxless four to a gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics.
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The youngest of four children born to Catherine and Vittore Turrin, Spencer grew up at Dungog, New South Wales and took up rowing in his high school years at Sydney's St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.
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Spencer Turrin rowed in the St Joseph's First VIII and while at the college raced competitively for the Sydney Rowing Club.
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Spencer Turrin competed in a coxless pair at those championships with Alexander Lloyd and took silver.
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Spencer Turrin was first selected to represent New South Wales in 2013 in the men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.
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Spencer Turrin rowed in ten consecutive New South Wales eights from 2013 to 2023 including the victorious crews of 2013,2014,2017,2018,2019,2022 and 2023.
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Spencer Turrin made his Australian representative debut in an U23 men's eight selected to contest the 2011 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam.
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Spencer Turrin was selected in a senior coxless four with two Olympians in Will Lockwood, Josh Dunkley-Smith and his Sydney Rowing Club team-mate Alexander Lloyd.
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In 2016 Spencer Turrin was selected with Lloyd to contest the men's coxless pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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In 2017 Spencer Turrin was back in Australia's coxless four with Hill, Joshua Hicks and Jack Hargreaves.
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In 2019 Spencer Turrin was again selected in the Australian men's sweep squad for the international representative season.
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At the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan Spencer Turrin was seated at five in the Australian eight which rowed to 5th place whilst Hill and Josh Booth won gold in the pair.
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At WRC III in Rotterdam and rowing behind Alex Hill, Spencer Turrin took gold in the Australian men's coxless pair.
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Spencer Turrin was then selected to race in the Australian men's eight at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.
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In 2016 Spencer Turrin was named as the Dungog Shire's Sportsperson of the Year.