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.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 12 December 1974 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
Club and state rowing
editOver 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.[1]
In Mosman colours he won an Australian national championship in 1994 in the senior men's coxed pair[2] and a senior B men's eight title in 1995.
International representative rowing
editKoo'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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[3] At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, Koo and his crew finished fourth in the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four.[5]
References
edit- ^ Koo at Rowing Australia
- ^ 1994 Australian Championships
- ^ a b Koo at World Rowing
- ^ 2022 Australian Team announcements
- ^ "Silver lining for Morrison, McIntyre as Pair cast their eyes toward Paris". Rowing Australia. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
