Drew Ginn

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Olympic medal record
Men's Rowing
Gold	2004 Athens	Coxless pair
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Coxless four

Drew Ginn (born November 20, 1974) is an Australian rower and 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 replacing the retired Andrew Cooper. Ginn and James Tomkins had planned to race the straight pair at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, but Ginn sufferred 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, coming 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.

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, and now is the current 3rd VIII boat.