.jpg) Brake in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 October 1994 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Westlake Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Coxless pair | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Brake (born 22 October 1994) is a New Zealand rower.[1] He is a dual Olympian and won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.
Brake has been rowing internationally since 2012 and in that year, won a world championship at the World Rowing Junior Championships. At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships, he won silver. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he competed with the New Zealand eight and competed in the same boat class at 2020 Tokyo. In the interim Olympiad, he competed internationally in the coxless pair and won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships partnered with Tom Murray. Domestically, he has won seven national premier rowing titles. Brake, who is from Auckland's North Shore, is studying towards a civil engineering degree from Auckland University.
- ^ a b c "Michael Brake". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2016.