Duncan Free first represented Australia in 1991, when he won a silver medal at the Junior World Rowing Championships. He then went onto compete in multiple world championships and four Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal at his first in 1996 in Atlanta. After being awarded as part of the ‘International Crew of the Year’ in 2007, he went onto win gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the men’s pair. Duncan is currently the director of the Griffith Sports College.