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Erik Horrie was born on 17 October, 1979 in New Zealand, is an Australian adaptive rower and wheelchair basketball player. Discover Erik Horrie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?
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Libra |
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17 October, 1979 |
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17 October |
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New Zealand |
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Australia
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Erik Horrie Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Erik Horrie Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Erik Horrie worth at the age of 44 years old? Erik Horrie’s income source is mostly from being a successful rower. He is from Australia. We have estimated Erik Horrie's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Erik Horrie (born 17 October 1979) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and a five-time world champion rower.
He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.
Horrie was born on 17 October 1979 in New Zealand.
At the age of seven, he was made a ward of the state due to domestic violence in his home and subsequently spent most of his childhood in foster care homes.
Horrie won the first PR1 M1x World Championship title raced over 2000 m and, but also set a new world's best time after crossing the line in a time of 9 minutes 39 seconds.
In 2001, he was in a motor vehicle accident that left him a paraplegic.
, he lives in Penrith, New South Wales.
In studying youth work, Horrie said "I want to help underprivileged kids because I can relate to what they may be going through. I’m not saying I understand, but hopefully use my experiences to show them they have a choice."
Horrie is married to Michelle and they have three children.
Horrie was classified as a 4 point player.
He played in Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball League's Brisbane Spinning Bullets.
He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.
He attempted to make the team for the 2008 Summer Paralympics but did not get selected for the national team until 2009 when he played in the 2009 IBWF AOZ Oceania Championship and the 2009 Rollers World Challenge.
Following that, he left the sport.
Horrie is classified as an AS rower and is a member of the Dragon Rowing Club.
Switching to rowing in 2011, he made an immediate impact in the sport, first winning the NSW State Rowing Championships and then the National Rowing Championships in Adelaide.
He switched to rowing in 2011 following the 2008 Summer Paralympics after having been identified by a selector from Rowing Australia.
In 2011, he did water training Breakfast Creek and off-water training at West End, Queensland.
The year, he had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.
In 2011, he finished first at the New South Wales State Championship.
At the 2011 National Rowing Championships in Adelaide, he finished first.
In April 2011, he participated in a national team training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport.
In the arms, shoulders men's single scull event at the 2011 World Championships in Bled, Slovenia, he finished third.
He has won silver medals at the 2012, 2016, 2020 Summer Paralympics and gold medals at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 World Rowing Championships.
He competed in the 2012 World Rowing Cup 3 event in Germany.
He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and he won a silver medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x.
At the 2013 World Championships in Chungju, Korea, he won a gold medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x.
He won back to back gold medals by winning the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Horrie won his third consecutive Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x title at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France.
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x.
This repeated his result at the London Olympics.
Horrie won his four world championships title in winning the gold medal in the Men's PR1M1x at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.
At the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won his fifth consecutive title in the Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull and broke
his own World's Best Time, crossing the line in a time of 9 minutes 16.90 seconds, some 8 seconds faster than his previous World Record.
Horrie won the bronze medal in the Men's PR1 Men's Single Scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria.
After the race, Horrie said 'It just wasn't my day, but I'm happy to come away with the medal considering the season I’ve had coming back from injury.'
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Horrie won his third Paralympic silver medal by finishing second in the Men's Single Sculls, with a time of 10:00.82.
