Rob Jahrling
{{Short description|Australian rower and Olympic medalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
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| name = Rob Jahrling
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| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|2|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany
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| relatives = Harald Jährling (father)
Marina Wilke (mother)
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| education = Newington College
Monash University
| occupation = Investment banker
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry | Australia }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver| 2000 Sydney | Eight}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Seville | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1994 Ontario | M4- }}
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Robert Jahrling (born 14 February 1974) is an East Berlin-born Olympian rower of East German parentage who competed for Australia at three Olympic Games. He is an Australian state and national champion, a medallist at World Rowing Championships, Rowing World Cups, Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the men's eight.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Rob Jahrling |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/rob-jahrling-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025646/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/rob-jahrling-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 17 February 2018 }}{{cite web | title=Robert Jahrling | url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/robert-jahrling | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |accessdate=17 February 2018}}
Personal
Jahrling was born in East Berlin, Germany.{{cite web |title=Rob Jahrling |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/35449 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=28 May 2023}} His parents, Marina Wilke and Harald Jährling, are both Olympic gold medallists in rowing for East Germany.{{cite Sports-Reference |title = Marina Wilke |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/marina-wilke-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/marina-wilke-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 17 February 2018 }} His mother – the coxswain of the East German women's eight – was not yet sixteen when Jahrling was born. Jahrling attended Dynamo Berlin Sports School in East Berlin and Newington College (1991–1992)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) p 98 where he was coached by Robert Buntine and Michael Morgan. He holds a BA (Commerce) with majors in International Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management from Monash University where he graduated in 2000.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
According to Jahrling's LinkedIn profile he completed further education at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia Business School, Stanford University, Yale School of Management, University of Oxford, Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and Wharton School University of Pennsylvania.
Jahrling works as an investment banker at Citi where he is a Managing Director and the Head of Equity Capital Markets for Australia.
Club and state rowing
Jahrling's senior club rowing was done from Sydney Rowing Club, where he is an Honorary Life Member. He was first selected to represent New South Wales in the 1993 men's senior eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1993.php#M8 |title=1993 Interstate Regatta |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707172639/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1993.php#M8 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=dead }} He raced in further King's Cup eights for New South Wales in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2002.php#M8 |title=2002 Interstate Regatta |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012525/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2002.php#M8 |archive-date=9 May 2018 |url-status=dead }} His King's Cup career was during a period of Victorian dominance and Jahrling only saw one NSW victory – in 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2004.php |title=2004 Australian Championships |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225545/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2004.php |archive-date=4 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}
In Sydney Rowing Club colours Jahrling contested numerous national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships. He won 7 national championships and 21 New South Wales state championship titles.
Jahrling represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games (1x Silver), 8 World Championships, 3 Commonwealth Games (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) and over 50 World Cup regattas:
- 6th Place 1996 Atlanta Olympics M8+
- 2nd Place 2000 Sydney Olympics M8+
- 3rd Place 2002 World Championships Seville M2-
- 4th Place 2004 Athens Olympics M4-
- 7x Australian Champion
- 21x NSW State Champion
- 1x Kings Cup Gold
- 7x Kings Cup Silver
Accolades
Jahrling is a five time New South Wales Rower of the Year recipient and has been involved in fund raising activities for Step to the Future and Mission Australia. He is an Honorary Life Member of Sydney Rowing Club.
Post-rowing career
From 2000, Jahrling worked as an investment banker for Credit Suisse in Australia and Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. Later he became a managing director at Citi in Australia and the head of Equity Syndicate.[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/citi-team-linked-up-big-freight-sale-chain/news-story/875af4b0ae2296c170d315bdadde2a96 Citi team linked up big freight sale chain] Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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Category:Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:People educated at Newington College
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rowers for Australia
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia
Category:German emigrants to Australia