Joshua Hicks is an Olympian and a two-time world champion who won gold in the coxless four at the 2017 World Rowing Championships and defended that title at Plovdiv in 2018.
16 Facts About Joshua Hicks
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Joshua Hicks competed in the Australian men's coxless pair at Tokyo 2021.
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Joshua Hicks won a collegiate rowing scholarship to Harvard University.
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From 2014 to 2023 Joshua Hicks was selected in the Western Australian men's senior eights to contest the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.
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Joshua Hicks stroked those WA eights in 2015,2016,2018,2019 and 2021.
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Joshua Hicks again contested the coxless pair with Hardy at the 2021 Australian Rowing Championships, competed in the coxless four event and that year won a national championship title in Sydney Rowing Club colours in the men's eight.
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Joshua Hicks made his Australian representative debut in a coxed four at the 2009 Junior World Rowing Championships in Brive-La Gaillarde.
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Joshua Hicks competed at the World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne and then at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam where the eight placed seventh overall.
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In 2016 Joshua Hicks was in the Australian men's squad who were unsuccessful in attempting to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics at the final FISA qualification regatta.
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In 2017 Joshua Hicks was selected into the Australian men's coxless four with Spencer Turrin and Alexander Hill who'd been medallists in the four at World Championships in 2014 and 2015 respectively and with newcomer Jack Hargreaves.
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In 2019 Joshua Hicks was again selected in the Australian men's sweep squad for the international representative season.
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At the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan Joshua Hicks was seated at three behind Turrin in the Australian eight which rowed to 5th place.
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At WRC III in Rotterdam Joshua Hicks rowed with Sam Hardy in the number two Australian pair finishing in 7th place whilst Hill and Turrin took gold in the number one Australian coxless pair.
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In March 2023 Joshua Hicks was again selected in the Australian senior men's sweep-oar squad for the 2023 international season.
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At the Rowing World Cup II in Varese Italy, Joshua Hicks raced in the Australian men's eight.
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At 2023's RWC III in Lucerne, Joshua Hicks moved from the bow into the two seat of the Australian men's eight.