THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT FISA 1993 Video Derek Porter, Canada 1993 World Champion, Račice 6’6” 198cm 203lb. 92kg -5°, +20° to -30°, 0-8, 0-9, 0-10 Overlapping Sequential Modern Orthodox Technique Schubschlag Strong horizontal back swing, ferryman’s finish. 1 Derek Porter CAN 6:59.03, 2 Vaclav Chalupa CZE 7:00.56, 3 Thomas Lange GER 7:04.35, 4 Neculai Ţaga ROM 7:06.17, 5 Giovanni Calabrese ITA 7:09.74, 6 Sergio Fernandez ARG 7:11.82 “Without me to row with, Marnie rowed in the single that year, and she came second at the Worlds.”6773 Technique In her single, Marnie rowed basically the same beautiful concurrent Schubschlag Classical Technique that she had learned while sweep rowing for Al Morrow. In the 1993 women’s singles final, from the start the race lead was shared by Trine Hansen from Denmark and Jana Thieme from Germany, with McBean half a length behind. Thieme dropped Hansen after the 1,000, and McBean moved up to within a meter of Thieme by the 1,500. From there, the German ground out a near-one length victory while McBean survived the counterattack of Hansen and a late surge by Maria Brandin of Sweden. 6773 Heddle, op. cit., 2010 Jana Thieme, 6’0” 184cm 169lb. 72kg, had been Junior World Singles Champion in 1988 and World Quads Champion for GDR in 1989. After her 1993 Singles Gold Medal, she would go on to World Championships in the quads in 1995 and 1997, and she finished her career in a double with the inimitable Kathrin Boron,6774 winning the Worlds in 1999 and the Olympics in 2000. No shame in finishing second to Jana Thieme. Derek Porter, Single Sculler After the 1992 Olympics, Mike Spracklen moved on from Canada to take over the United States men’s sweep program,6775 but Derek Porter had not yet quenched his thirst for competitive excellence. Derek, who had stroked the 1992 Olympic Champion Canadian Men’s 6774 winner of twelve FISA Gold Medals between 1989 and 2004. See Chapter 169. 6775 See Chapter 149. 1877
