Jon Berney
Australian rower
Jon Berney
Born (1976-03-26 ) 26 March 1976 (age 48) Education Geelong Grammar Sport Rowing Club Barwon Rowing Club
Jon Berney (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower . He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight .[ 1]
Club and state rowing
Berney's was educated and took up rowing at Geelong Grammar School . His senior club rowing was from the Barwon Rowing Club in Geelong.
International representative rowing
In 1997, Berney made his Australian representative debut in the Lyall McCarthy coached men's lightweight eight. At the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, Berney rowed in the four seat of that boat to a final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Berney won his first and only World Championship title.[ 2]
In 1998, Berney rowed with his team-mate Alastair Isherwood from the 1997 eight in a lightweight coxless pair . They won silver and then gold at two World Rowing Cups that year in Europe, before racing that pair at the 1998 World Championships in Cologne to a fifth place finish.[ 2] [ 2]
In 2013, Berney was inducted into the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.[ 3]
References
FISA championships
1974 : Baldino , Gaynor , Nauman , Harman , Aserlind , Ewing , Feld , Grogan , cox Hartigan )1975 : Meyer , Lutz , Braun , Maye , Fritsch , Buhren , Lobing , Kerkhoff , cox Neumeister )1976 : Werner , Zimmer , Büsken , Nentwig , Neubert , Meschede , Huck , Nehmer , cox Sassenbach )1977 : Read , Stuart-Bennett , George , Simpole , Cusack , Innes , Topolski , Drury , cox Sweeney )1978 : Simpole , Read , Drury , Downie , Roberts , Zeun , Melvin , French , cox Moynihan )1979 : Goicoechea , Arteaga , Uriarte , Expósito , Elizalde , Redondo , Puertas , Climent , cox Olasagasti )1980 : Barratt , Hosking , Downie , Howe , Zeun , Roberts , Read , Simpole , cox Jefferies )1981 : Knudsen , Jensen , Mølgaard , Højlund , Hansson , Eriksen , Espersen , Fransson , cox Klug-Andersen )1982 : Valentinis , Torta , Pantano , Tontodonati , R. Borsini , L. Borsini , Castiglioni , Salani , cox Di Capua )1983 : Moya , Cañete , Génova , Muniesa , Crespo , Briones , Llorente , Elizalde , cox Rojí )1984 : Mølgaard , Jacobsen , Højlund , Hansson , Christensen , Jensen , Espersen , Kobbernagel , cox Rasmussen ) Official world championships
1985 : Losi , Savoia , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Marostica , Re , Ravasi , cox Di Deco )1986 : Losi , Savoia , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Di Deco )1987 : Losi , Striani , Torcellan , Lana , Spremberg , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Zanetti )1988 : Striani , Re , Spremberg , Losi , Ravasi , Barbaranelli , Bellomo , Torcellan , cox Velotti )1989 : Barbaranelli , Romanini , Falossi , Fraquelli , Torcellan , Gaddi , Re , Ravasi , cox Lamberti )1990 : Barbaranelli , Falossi , Gaddi , Ranieri , Ravasi , Re , Romanini , Striani , cox Lamberti )1991 : Barbaranelli , Cantoni , Gaddi , Marigliano , Ranieri , Ravasi , Re , Romanini , cox Iannuzzi )1992 : Andersen , Blitskov , Buck , Hansen , Jensen Kollat , Meyer , Poulsen , Vestergaard , cox Sorensen )1993 : Boyes , Cookson , Fontaine , Hassett , Lay , Peaker , Sommerwil , Thompson , cox Newman )1994 : Bates , Cox , Ellis , Hessian , Kay , Lemon , McNiven , Smith , cox Deakin )1995 : Andersen , Bech Jensen , Buck , Glud , Henrichsen , Jensen Kollat , Jensen , Vestergaard , cox Larsen )1996 : Bech , Edeler , Jenny , Locher , Mielke , Töpfer , Vukelic , Maerz , cox Klotz )1997 : Balmforth , Berney , Burgess , Isherwood , Mitchell , Richards , Wiseman , Wright , cox Hayman )1998 : Edeler , Ibielski , Laib , Locher , Rosenberger , Stomporowski , Strauch , Vukelic , cox Kaska )1999 : Plifka , Kerber , Cashman , Den Besten , Cotter , Ruckman , Tripician , Kammann , cox Salamini )2000 : Miller , Mack , Cashman , Winkler , Fedyna , Schwartz , Maclaurin , Warner , cox Fien-Helfman )2001 : Dupy , Péron , Porchier , Bussière , Touron , Bette , Hocdé , Dorfman , cox Lattaignant )2002 : Scala , Lodigiani , Del Gaudio , Moriconi , Paniccia , Grande , Fraquelli , Pasqualini , cox Di Palma )2003 : Seibt , Raeder , Drews , Hasse , Borchardt , Schmidt , Hobein , Dahlke , cox Kaska )2004 : Solforosi , Margat , Saïtta , Pouge , Bussière , Faucheux , Planque , Tilliet , cox Majerus )2005 : Vlcek , Danesin , Savrie , Goretti , Scala , Moriconi , Del Gaudio , Gabriele , cox Barattolo )2006 : Scala , Tuccinardi , La Padula , Sancassani , Goretti , Savrie , Vlcek , Gabriele , cox Lenzi )2007 : van den Broek , Bottema , Blankert , Beemsterboer , Tromp , Greidanus , Snijders , Godschalk , cox Wiersum )2008 : Carcagno , Bolton , Farrell , Altman , Todd , Daly , Paradiso , Muffelman , cox del Guercio )2009 : Scala , Riccardi , La Padula , Goretti , Ceccatelli , Gallo , Vlcek , Mascarenhas , cox Lenzi )2010 : Wisgott , Gerhardt , Lüke , Wichert , J. Kühner , Seibt , Schömann-Finck , M. Kühner , cox Kowert )2011 : Bertrand , Brown , Tunevitsch , Gibson , Foot , Chisholm , Baker , Purcell , cox Webster )2012 : M. Schömann-Finck , J. Schömann-Finck , M. Kühner , Schützeberg , Hochbruck , J. Kühner , Seibt , Wichert , cox Sauer )2013 : Molteni , Amarante , Zaharia , Barbaro , Oppo , Serpico , Schisano , Di Girolamo , cox D'Aniello )2014 : Franzmann , Barr , Neumann , Wallat , Wisgott , Kilthau , Keßler , Temel , cox Böhm )2015 : Schad , Barr , Neumann , Roller , Franzmann , Wallat , Mertens , Temel , cox Heinemann )
