Drew Cameron Ginn OAM was born on 20 November 1974 and is an Australian five-time world champion rower, a four time Olympian and triple Olympic gold medallist.
15 Facts About Drew Ginn
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Drew Ginn rowed again in the Victorian youth eight in 1994, this time to victory in the Interstate Regatta.
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Eight of those Victorian eights saw King's Cup victories and Drew Ginn stroked three King's Cup eights, two to victory.
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Drew Ginn made his Australian representative debut in the 1994 U23 Trans Tasman series against New Zealand.
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Drew Ginn rowed in the Australian eight which won two of the three match races in the series.
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Drew Ginn raced at the World Rowing Cup I in Lucerne that year and then at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France he rowed in the seven seat for their third placing in the final and to a bronze medal.
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At the 1998 World Championships, back in the Oarsome Foursome Drew Ginn raced and won the men's coxed four world title with Brett Hayman in the stern.
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Mike McKay and Drew Ginn took a silver medal at that same regatta as a coxless pair.
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Tomkins and Drew Ginn decided to switch to a coxless pair and won the 1999 World Championship in St Catharines Canada.
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In 2006, Drew Ginn made a return to international competition at the 2006 World Rowing Championships held at Dorney Lake, Eton.
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At the 2012 London Olympics, Drew Ginn won a silver medal in the Australian men's coxless four, behind the all-conquering Great Britain men's four, who went on to win gold in their fourth consecutive Olympics.
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In 2009 Drew Ginn took up competitive road bicycle racing, with immediate success, particularly in the discipline of the time trial.
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However, in downplaying the achievement, Drew Ginn noted two riders in the under-23 competition actually posted faster times over the same course on the same day.
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Drew Ginn was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1997 Australia Day Honours and the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.
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In 2010, Drew Ginn was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.