Drew Ginn
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| Medal record | |||
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 Drew Ginn |
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| Men's Rowing | |||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Coxless four | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Coxless pair | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1997 Aiguebelette | Coxed Eight | |
| Gold | 1998 Cologne | Coxed Four | |
| Silver | 1998 Cologne | Coxless Pair | |
| Gold | 1999 St Catherines | Coxless Pair | |
| Gold | 2003 Milano | Coxless Pair | |
| Gold | 2006 Eton | Coxless Pair | |
| Gold | 2007 Munich | Coxless Pair | |
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 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, and now is the current 3rd VIII boat.
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 Bejing Olympic Games.
