Angus's Story
Fast Facts
Event: Men’s Eight
Olympic History: Olympic Debutant
Coach: Rhett Ayliffe
Highlights: Winning back-to-back silver medals at the World Championships
Year Born: 1994
Born: Geelong, VIC
Junior Club: Geelong College
About Angus
Angus Widdicombe first represented Australia at the 2016 U23 World Championships, before appearances in senior World Rowing Cup and World Championships competitions in 2017.
At the 2017 World Championships, Widdicombe won silver alongside crewmates Darcy Wruck and James Rook in the Men’s Coxed Pairs.
Widdicombe returned to the Men's Eight following this regatta and against senior competition the Victorian native helped his boat to second place at both the 2018 World Rowing Cup 3 and World Rowing Championships.
He made his Olympic debut as a member of the Australian Men's Eight at the Tokyo Olympics.
There, the crew came up against rowing powerhouses in their Heat, including World Champions Germany as well as the USA and Romania. The fast race was dominated early by the American and German crews with Australia finishing fourth behind Romania to proceed to the repechage.
The crew was able to advance to the A-Final after they finished the repechage in fourth position, this time ahead of the Romanians, and they once again faced a stacked field in the race for medals. Racing out of lane six against the USA, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain, the Australian crew was behind at the start and unable to make up the time or speed throughout the race they finished sixth overall.
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