Megan Marcks
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| Women’s Rowing | ||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Coxless pair |
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1994 Indianapolis | Coxless four |
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1995 Tampere | Coxless pair |
Megan Leanne Marcks, (née Still), OAM[1] (born 19 October 1972, Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a former Australian representative and Olympic champion coxless pair rower who represented Australia at two Olympics.
Marcks was selected by the Australian Institute of Sport as a candidate rower (based on physique and aerobic capacity) through their Talent Identification program in 1988, having had no former involvement with the sport, although Marcks had had a successful career as a junior athlete.
She initially competed at the Olympic-level in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where her boat achieved the position of sixth in the women's coxless four final. In 1994 Slatter and Marcks achieved bronze in the women's four at the World's Rowing Championship. In 1996 Slatter and Marcks achieved a gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, winning by 0.39 seconds over the American team, at the Atlanta Olympics.
Marcks and Kate Slatter were the first Australian female rowing crew to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games.
Notable rowing accomplishments[edit]
- 1990 Junior World Championships-France, Women's Eight: 4th
- 1992 Olympics-Barcelona, Women's Four: 6th
- 1993 World Championships-Czech Republic, Women's Four: 6th
- 1994 World Championships-Indianapolis, Women's Four: 3rd
- 1994 C'Wealth Games Regatta-Canada, Women's Four: 2nd
- 1994 C'wealth Games Regatta-Canada, Women's Eight: 2nd
- 1995 World Championships-Finland, Women's Pair: 1st
- 1996 Olympics-Atlanta, Women's Pair: 1st
Post retirement rowing honours[edit]
- 1997: Medal of the Order of Australia[1]
- 2000: Australian Sports Medal[2]
- 2003: Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee[3]
Marcks is honoured within her home city of Queanbeyan (NSW, Australia) by the naming of "Megan Still Court", which is located adjacent to the Queanbeyan City Council Chambers.
She retired from the sport in 1997. She is married and has a daughter and a son.
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Still, Megan Leanne, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Still, Megan: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Megan Marcks OAM". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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