Marc Douez
{{short description|Australian rowing cox}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
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| birth_date = 20 September 1981
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| years_active = 1996–2010
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| sport = Rowing
| club = Melbourne Uni Boat Club
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2005 Gifu | M2+}}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Milan | M2+}}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Banyoles | LM8+}}
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Marc Douez (born 20 September 1981 in Victoria ) is an Australian former national champion and world champion rowing coxswain.
Club and state rowing
Douez' senior coxing was done from the Melbourne University Boat Club.
He was first selected to represent Victoria in the men's youth eight who contested the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy in the Interstate Regatta within the 2001 Australian Rowing Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2001.php#MYth |title=2001 Australian Championships |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000603/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2001.php#MYth |archive-date=29 September 2018 |url-status=dead }} On seven occasions between 2003 and 2010 he coxed the Victorian senior men's eight contesting the King's Cup at the Australian Interstate Regatta. He steered those eights to victory in 2003, 2006 and 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2001.php#M8 |title=2001 Australian Championships at Guerin Foster |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000603/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2001.php#M8 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}
In Melbourne University colours Douex contested national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2005 and 2007 he coxed MUBC crews racing for the Australian men's coxed four national championships.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/2005-2.html#m2 2005 Australian Championships]
International representative rowing
Douez was first selected to represent Australia in the men's eight which contested the 2002 World Rowing U23 Championships in Genoa and achieved a fourth placing.[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/marc-douez?id=16239 Douez at World Rowing]
Douez made his first appearance in senior Australian representative crews in 2003. He steered the men's eight to a silver medal at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne and then at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan to the final and a fifth placing. At those 2003 championships he was also up front in the Australian men's coxed pair of Luke Pougnault and Jonathan Fievez both from Western Australia when they rowed to a silver medal. 2004 saw Douez selected to cox the Australian senior lightweight eight and he called their racing campaign to a bronze medal at the 2004 World Rowing Championships in Banyoles.
In 2005 Douez was selected to steer the Australian coxed pair at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan with Hardy Cubasch at bow and Sam Conrad stroking. The pair led the race from start to finish and claimed Australia's second ever World Championship title in that boat class.
Coming into the 2008 Olympic campaign, Douez was vying for the coxswain's seat in the Australian men's senior eight. In selection trials he was beaten out by his New South Wales opponent Marty Rabjohns.{{cite web |title=Rabjohns the driving force |date=2 March 2008 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522194150/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rabjohns-the-driving-force-20080302-gds3dp.html |archive-date=22 May 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rabjohns-the-driving-force-20080302-gds3dp.html}}
References
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- {{FISA|16239|Marc Douez}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD_PVx-S3ZA Douez' call of the 2006 Australian King's Cup]
{{World champions – Men's coxed pair}}
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Category:Australian male rowers
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia
Category:Australian coxswains (rowing)