James Galloway (rower)
{{short description|Australian rower (born 1964)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|04|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Canberra, Australia
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| alma_mater = Telopea Park School
Narrabundah College
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| years_active = 1982–1988
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| sport = Rowing
| club = Canberra Rowing Club
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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Nottingham | M8+}}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Edinburgh | Eight }}
{{MedalBronze | 1986 Edinburgh | Coxed Four }}
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James Galloway OAM (born 11 April 1964) is an Australian former national champion, World Champion and Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning rower.
Club and state rowing
Galloway was born in Canberra and commenced his rowing career at Telopea Park School and in his senior years at Narrabundah College. His senior club rowing was with the Canberra Rowing Club and the Australian Institute of Sport where he was on a full scholarship from 1985 to 1988.[http://cbrsportawards.com.au/hall_fame/james-galloway-oam/ Galloway at Canberra Sport Awards]
Galloway's first national title was won when he was still at school. He won a junior title at the 1982 Australian Rowing Championships in an u/19 pair.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1982.html#mu192 1982 Australian Championships] The following year he won a national u/23 title in a composite coxed four.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1983.html#mu232 1983 Australian Championships] In 1984 he teamed again with his Narrabundah partner Paul Thompson to win an u/23 coxless pair title at the Australian Championships.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1984-1.html#mu232 1984 Australian Championships]
Galloway competed only once in the men's Interstate Eight-Oared Championship at the Australian Rowing Championships – the King's Cup. He raced in the New South Wales 1988 crew.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1988.php#M8 |title=1988 Australian Championships |access-date=29 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011623/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1988.php#M8 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}
International representative rowing
National representative selection came early for Galloway, his 1982 national u/19 title win saw him selected with his Canberra partner Paul Thompson to the 1982 World Rowing Junior Championships in Piediluco, Italy where they placed fourth.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-jr-championships/1982-Piediluco.php |title=1982 World Junior Championships |access-date=29 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155640/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-jr-championships/1982-Piediluco.php |archive-date=7 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Galloway's first senior representative selection was to the 1986 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England. He rowed in the bow seat of the victorious Australian men's eight. It was Australia's first and only World Championship title in the men's VIII.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1986-Nottingham.html |title=1986 World Championships at Guerin Foster |access-date=29 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711034429/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1986-Nottingham.html |archive-date=11 July 2018 |url-status=dead }} That same year at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, in that same crew Galloway won gold in the Australian men's VIII and also rowed to a bronze medal in a coxed four.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/commonwealth-games/1986-Edinburgh.php |title=1986 Commonwealth Games |access-date=29 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428181631/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/commonwealth-games/1986-Edinburgh.php |archive-date=28 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}
At the 1987 World Rowing Championships in Copenhagen Galloway was picked in the coxed four who placed eighth.
Galloway's final Australian representative appearance was in the men's eight selected for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Galloway rowed in the bow seat of the eight who placed fifth in the Olympic final.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1988-Seoul.php |title=1988 Olympics |access-date=29 April 2018 |archive-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427184251/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1988-Seoul.php |url-status=dead }}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/james-galloway-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/james-galloway-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=James Galloway Olympic Results |access-date=8 September 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{FISA|26223|James Galloway}}
{{World champions – Men's eight}}
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Category:Australian male rowers
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Olympic rowers for Australia
Category:Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen