Josh Booth

Joshua Booth

Personal information
Born	9 October 1990 Melbourne, Australia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Melbourne University Boat Club
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Coxless four

Joshua Booth (born 9 October 1990) is an Australian rower. He is a dual Olympian and Olympic silver medal winner from Melbourne, Australia.

Education

Born in Melbourne, Booth was educated at Deepdene Primary School and learnt to row at Scotch College in Melbourne. He studied medicine at Melbourne University.

Club and national career

Booth rows for the Melbourne University Boat Club. On six consecutive occasions from 2011 to 2016 Booth was seated in the Victorian Men's VIII who contested the King's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships.^[1] In those crews he saw two King's Cup victories in 2015 & 2016 (both with Booth at stroke) and three second places.

International career

He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2][3] After appearing in the event, he was expelled from the Australian team as a result of an incident in which he broke windows at two small businesses in the Surrey town of Egham while drunk.^[4] Having apologised and paid damages to the owner of the damaged properties, he was released without charge by British police.

In 2016 along with Josh Dunkley-Smith, Will Lockwood and Alexander Hill, Booth was selected in the Australian Men's Coxless four to compete at Rio 2016. They won their heat and semi-final and took the silver medal in the final behind Great Britain.

References

1. Guerin Foster Aust Rowing History
2. "Joshua Booth Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
3. "Joshua Booth". London 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
4. "Olympic Rower Booth sent home after arrest". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2012.