Caleb's Story
Fast Facts
Sport: Rowing
Event: Men’s Quadruple Scull
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 (bronze)
Coach: Mark Prater and Rhett Ayliffe (Head Coach)
Highlights: Bronze medal at Tokyo 2020; Winning the 2016 U23 World Championships in the Men’s Quadruple Scull
Year Born: 1995
Born: Canberra, ACT
Junior Club: Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill, ACT)
About Caleb
Antill represented Australia at the 2016 U23 World Championships Men’s Quadruple Sculls, where, alongside compatriots Tom Schramko, Luke Letcher and Rob Black he secured top honours for himself and his country.
The following year, the Canberra native was invited to the banks of Lake Burley Griffin to compete at the esteemed Reinhold Batschi National Training Centre, where he joined many of the nation’s top male rowers. Under the watchful eyes of Ian Wright, Andrew Randell and Mark Prater, Antill earned his first selection in the Australian Senior Team, with an initial listing as sculling reserve for the 2017 World Rowing Championships followed by races with the Men’s Quadruple Scull at both the World Rowing Cups and Championships in 2018, winning silver in the later.
Antill retained his place in the Men’s Quadruple Scull for the much-anticipated Tokyo Olympics where he won a bronze medal alongside Jack Cleary, Cameron Girdlestone and Luke Letcher.
Needing a top two finish in their Heat to progress directly to the Final and avoid the repechage, the men faced a three-way battle with China and Great Britain for second position as the Dutch crew stormed ahead to take the win. Rating 42 in the final throws of the race, they took the second and qualified for the Final.
Facing the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Estonia in the Final, the Aussies fought hard throughout the race and fought back in the second half of the course to take the bronze from the Dutch and British crews. The result came during ‘the hour of power,’ a moment in time when Australia’s Men’s and Women’s Fours stormed home for gold and the Men’s and Women’s Quadruple Sculls claimed bronze. The four medals won by Australian rowing crews, along with swimmer Ariarne Titmus' gold medal in 200 metres freestyle, contributed to the most successful period in the history of the Australian Olympic Team.
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