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 [link]

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 [link]

• Drew Ginn's Personal Blog

References [link]

• Australian Rowing History

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