Duncan Free
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Duncan Seth Free OAM (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Australian rower and Olympic medallist. Free was born in Hobart, Tasmania but currently[when?] lives on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Free was a member of Australia's quad sculls team at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games winning a bronze medal at Atlanta in 1996. After the Athens Games, he took a year off before switching to sweep rowing and establishing a partnership with gold medallist Drew Ginn in the coxless pair. They won the world championships in 2006 and 2007 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Free also won the Henley Diamond Sculls in 2001.
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- Australian male rowers
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
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- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
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