Timothy Widdicombe
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Timothy Widdicombe (born 6 March 1990) is an Australian former national representative lightweight rower. He won a silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships.
Club and state rowing
Raised in Perth Western Australia, Widdicombe's senior club rowing was with the University of Western Australia Rowing Club.
Ward was first selected for West Australia in the 2009 youth eight which contested the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2009.php#MYth 2009 Interstate Regatta] In 2010 he again rowed in the West Australian youth eight.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2010.php#MYth 2010 Interstate Regatta] Both those youth eights won silver medals.
In 2012 he was selected in Western Australia's lightweight coxless four to contest the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2013.php#ML4 2013 Interstate Regatta] He rowed in six consecutive West Australian Penrith Cup fours from 2013 to 2017 earning a Penrith Cup victory in 2017.[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/2017.php#ML4 2017 Interstate Regatta] He stroked the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 crews and took the silver medal on four occasions.
International representative rowing
Widdicombe first represented Australia at the 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest in a lightweight coxless four which placed twelfth. He held his seat in the Australian U23 lightweight coxless four for the next two years, rowing to eight place at the 2011 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam and to sixth place at the 2012 championships in Trakai.[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/timothy-widdicombe?id=38443 Widdicombe at World Rowing]
In 2013 he was elevated to the Australian senior lightweight squad and came into contention for the lightweight eight. At the World Rowing Cup I in Sydney he raced in both the eight and in a lightweight coxless four. For the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju he rowed in the three seat of the Australian lightweight eight when they achieved a silver world championship medal.
References
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External links
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Category:Australian male rowers
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia
Category:Rowers from Perth, Western Australia