THE SPORT OF ROWING A perennial finalist, Chalupa would go on to earn three singles Bronzes in 1995, 1998 and 2001, and he was still competing in 2009, when he placed second in the coxed-pairs and tenth in the coxless-pairs at the World Championships in Poznan. His only FISA Gold Medal came in the eights at the 2007 European Championships. Brian Richardson After taking 1993 off to recover fully from her pre-Olympic injury, Silken Laumann returned to the singles in 1994. Marnie McBean:6787 “As the Canadian Head Coach from 1993 to 1996, Brian Richardson coached all of us after Barcelona: Derek, Silken, Colleen/ Wendy,6788 Michelle Darvill6789 and me.”6790 According to Richardson, his approach to force application focuses “a lot on the finish and really strong acceleration right through the stroke.”6791 This is strongly reminiscent of the technique of Brian’s Australian World and Olympic Champion sculler Peter Antonie.6792 McBean: “For sure we all had a tremendous carryover of training and technique/style from ‘92, but Derek won in ‘93 and Silken had her fastest result in ‘94 while working with Brian. “She had her career fastest time and set the world best time in Lucerne in the race 6787 See later in this chapter. 6788 Colleen Miller/Wendy Wiebe, 1993-1995 World Lightweight Women’s Doubles Champions. 6789 fifth in the lightweight singles in 1994. She later won the lightweight doubles in 1997 representing Germany. 6790 McBean, personal correspondence, 2010 6791 Qtd. by Ed Winchester, Right Time, Right Place, Right Guy, Rowing News, August 2, 2002, p. 19 6792 See Chapter 131. that selected the Canadian sculler that year.”6793 1 Silken Laumann 2 Marnie McBean 3 Katrin Boron6794 4 Elisabeta Lipa6795 5 Annelise Bredael6796 6 Trine Hansen6797 7:17.09 7:20.12 7:21.43 7:21.72 7:22.99 7:29.97 In that race, Laumann was selected to represent Canada instead of McBean, leaving the latter with a decision that will be discussed later in this chapter. Silken then suffered the terrible disappointment of being disqualified from the final of the 1994 World Championships after being assessed two false starts. McBean: “After the double false start at the Worlds that year, she went back to working with Mike Spracklen.”6798 Richardson would return to his native Australia for the 2000 Quadrennial before a second coaching stint in Canada after Sydney. Since 2005, Brian Richardson has again been back in his native Australia. He coached their men’s eight in Beijing. Laumann and Porter Return to Spracklen After his win in 1993, Derek Porter devoted two years to his studies before beginning his build to Atlanta. Beginning in 1995, both he and Silken trained with Mike Spracklen and his U.S. Men’s Team at the unfinished Olympic Training Center on Otay Lake in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego. Both athletes fully committed themselves to bringing the Men’s and 6793 McBean, op. cit., 2010 6794 1994 World Silver Medalist 6795 1989 World Champion, 1992 Olympic Champion 6796 1991, 1994, 1995 World Bronze Medalist 6797 1994 World Champion 6798 McBean, op. cit., 2010 1880
