17-Year-Old Rower Dies After He ‘Unexpectedly Collapsed’ at School Training: Reports

Mar. 15, 2025

Ed Millear.Photo:Handout

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A 17-year-old boy has died after collapsing following a rowing training session in Australia, according to reports.

Melbourne Grammar School student Ed Millear collapsed at around 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, after completing training on a rowing machine at the school’s boat shed beside the Yarra River, according to local media outlets theHerald Sunand7NEWS Australia.9Newsalso reported the news.

Millear received CPR at the scene before he was transported to the ICU at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He died at the hospital around 3:00 a.m. on Feb. 19, per the outlets.

Melbourne Grammar headmaster Phillip Grutzner confirmed Millear’s death in an email toNews.com.au, “At rowing training yesterday a year 12 student unexpectedly collapsed at our boat house … He was treated immediately with first aid on-site with paramedics administering CPR soon after.”

“It is with great sadness that I regret to inform you that he died at 3:00 a.m. this morning,” Grutzner continued. “We will continue to provide support with family and the rest of the school community who affected his time.”

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Millear was a member of the Second XIII rowing crew and had recently competed in Nagambie with the team. He had been preparing to race at the Australian Henley Regatta on Feb. 22, per News.com.au and 7NEWS Australia.

The outlets report that the late student’s family “have a long connection” to Melbourne Grammar and the school has a house named after Millear’s grandfather and his great great great grandfather graduated in 1884.

Grutzner said in a statement, per 7NEWS Australia, that Millear was “a cheerful, friendly” and “hard-working” person who had an “enthusiastic participation in service activities” and “aspired to a career in the commerce sector.”

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PEOPLE has reached out to Melbourne Grammar for comment.

source: people.com