Drew Ginn

Drew Ginn
Medal record
Men's Rowing
Competitor for  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Coxless four
Gold 2004 Athens Coxless pair
Gold 2008 Beijing Coxless pair
World Championships
Gold 1998 Cologne Coxed Four
Gold 1999 St Catharines Coxless Pair
Gold 2003 Milano Coxless Pair
Gold 2006 Eton Coxless Pair
Gold 2007 Munich Coxless Pair
Silver 1998 Cologne Coxless Pair
Bronze 1997 Aiguebelette Eights
Bronze 2011 Bled Coxless Four

Drew Cameron Ginn, OAM, (born 20 November 1974, educated at Scotch College, Melbourne[1]) is an Australian rower and triple Olympic gold medallist.

Ginn won the men's coxless fours at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics as part of Australia's Oarsome Foursome, along with Mike McKay, James Tomkins, and Nicholas Green; Ginn replaced the retired Andrew Cooper. Ginn and James Tomkins had planned to race the straight pair at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, but Ginn suffered a severe back injury, forcing him to withdraw from the boat.

In 2002, he returned to the water, teaming up with fellow Oarsome Foursome rower James Tomkins in the coxless pairs; they finished fourth in the 2002 World Championships. In 2003, Ginn and Tomkins were the surprise winners, beating the British favourites—and defending champions—Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell, which was a factor in Pinsent and Cracknell choosing to move to the coxless fours. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Ginn and Tomkins won the gold medal in the coxless pairs.

In 2006, Ginn made a return to international competition at the Rowing World Championships held at Dorney Lake, Eton. He and new pairs partner Duncan Free were able to win despite choppy tail conditions.

Drew Ginn has been keeping a blog of his rowing activities.

Scotch College, Melbourne, Ginn's former school, named a racing eight "Drew Ginn" in his honor. It won the APS Head of the River (Australia) as the schools 1st VIII boat in 1998.

In 2007, Drew Ginn and Duncan Free successfully defended their coxless pairs title, posting a time of 6:24.87 minutes—almost 6 seconds ahead of their New Zealand rivals who had stuck with them for the first 1000m before dropping behind to take the silver.

Early in 2008 Drew Ginn and 2007 World Championships gold medal winning partner Duncan Free, were pre-selected to compete for Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Cycling

In 2009 Ginn took up competitive road bicycle racing, with immediate success, particularly in the discipline of the time trial.

Ginn won the 2009 Oceania time trial championships,;[2] however, in downplaying the achievement Ginn noted two riders in the under-23 competition actually posted faster times over the same course on the same day.

In a much stronger field at the 2010 Australian national road championships, Ginn finished sixth.[3]

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Gscot/GSjun97/dginn.htm
  2. ^ Greg Johnson (November 16, 2009). "Ginn not overplaying Oceania success". Cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ginn-not-overplaying-oceania-success. Retrieved January 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ Greg Johnson (January 6, 2010). "Meyer makes TT title his own". Cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/scody-australian-open-road-championships-ne/elite-mens-time-trial/results. Retrieved January 6, 2010. 

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