Teesaan Koo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 12 December 1974 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
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.
Club and state rowing
[edit]Over 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
[edit]Koo'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.
