Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Megan Leanne Marcks, (née Still), OAM (born 19 October 1972, Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a former Australian representative and Olympic champion coxless pair rower who represented Australia at two Olympics. Marcks was selected by the Australian Institute of Sport as a candidate rower (based on physique and aerobic capacity) through their Talent Identification program in 1988, having had no former involvement with the sport, although Marcks had had a successful career as a junior athlete.She initially competed at the Olympic-level in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where her boat achieved the position of sixth in the women's coxless four final. In 1994 Slatter and Marcks achieved bronze in the women's four at the World's Rowing Championship. In 1996 Slatter and Marcks achieved a gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, winning by 0.39 seconds over the American team, at the Atlanta Olympics. Marcks and Kate Slatter were the first Australian female rowing crew to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games.. }
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- Megan_Marcks abstract "Megan Leanne Marcks, (née Still), OAM (born 19 October 1972, Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a former Australian representative and Olympic champion coxless pair rower who represented Australia at two Olympics. Marcks was selected by the Australian Institute of Sport as a candidate rower (based on physique and aerobic capacity) through their Talent Identification program in 1988, having had no former involvement with the sport, although Marcks had had a successful career as a junior athlete.She initially competed at the Olympic-level in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where her boat achieved the position of sixth in the women's coxless four final. In 1994 Slatter and Marcks achieved bronze in the women's four at the World's Rowing Championship. In 1996 Slatter and Marcks achieved a gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, winning by 0.39 seconds over the American team, at the Atlanta Olympics. Marcks and Kate Slatter were the first Australian female rowing crew to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games.".