Teesaan Koo
{{short description|Australian rowing cox}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|12|df=y}}
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| years_active = 1994–2023
| country = Australia
| sport = Rowing
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| club = {{ubl|Mosman Rowing Club|Melbourne University Boat Club}}
| coach = Gordon Marcks
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Teesaan Koo (born 12 December 1974) is an Australian representative rowing coxswain. He has represented at World Championships spanning a twenty-nine year period from 1994 to 2023.
Club and state rowing
Over a long career Koo coxed at a number of senior clubs in Sydney and Melbourne including the Mosman Rowing Club and the Melbourne University Boat Club.[https://rowingaustralia.com.au/athleteprofile/teesaan-koo/ Koo at Rowing Australia]
In Mosman colours he won an Australian national championship in 1994 in the senior men's coxed pair{{Cite web |url=https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1994 |title=1994 Australian Championships |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930125318/https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1994 |url-status=live }} and a senior B men's eight title in 1995.
International representative rowing
Koo's Australian representative debut was in 1994 when he steered the Australian men's coxed pair at the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis to a tenth placing. The following year he again coxed Australia's M2+ at the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland where they made the A final and finished fourth.
In 2022 Koo was selected in the Australian paralympic training squad to prepare for the 2022 World Rowing Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/scullers-secure-three-semi-finals-slots-at-the-2022-world-rowing-championships/ |title=2022 Australian Team announcements |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923123131/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/scullers-secure-three-semi-finals-slots-at-the-2022-world-rowing-championships/ |url-status=dead }} At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, he coxed the Australian Mixed PR3 four. They made the A final and finished in fourth place.{{Cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/teesaan-koo?id=5815 |title=Koo at World Rowing |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930075318/https://worldrowing.com/athlete/teesaan-koo?id=5815 |url-status=live }} At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, Koo and his crew finished fourth in the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2023 |title=Silver lining for Morrison, McIntyre as Pair cast their eyes toward Paris |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/silver-lining-for-morrison-mcintyre-as-pair-cast-their-eyes-toward-paris/ |access-date=11 September 2023 |website=Rowing Australia |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208154729/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/silver-lining-for-morrison-mcintyre-as-pair-cast-their-eyes-toward-paris/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- {{Rowing Australia|teesaan-koo|archive=20240227160950}}
- [https://worldrowing.com/video/an-interview-with-teesaan-koo/ An interview with Teesaan Koo]
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Category:Australian male rowers