Oarsome Foursome
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Rowing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Coxless Four | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Coxless Four | |
The Oarsome Foursome is the nickname for an Australian rowing crew who competed between 1990 and 1998 - winning two Olympic gold medals in the coxless fours.
The original crew was Nick Green, James Tomkins, Mike McKay, and Sam Patten. Patten was replaced by Andrew Cooper in 1991-92 and he by Drew Ginn from 1995.
They won:
- Olympic Gold: 1992, 1996
- World Championship Gold: 1990, 1991, 1998 (coxed four)
The Oarsome Foursome has advertised the Australian canned fruit brand Goulburn Valley.
In 1993, the then Oarsome Foursome were crowned Moomba Monarchs (popularly called Kings of Moomba), they were the first multiple appointees.[1]
In 2004, they released a DVD titled Oarsome Foursome Fitness - a general fitness training guide not necessarily aimed at rowers (although there is a section on perfecting your rowing stroke).
[edit] References
- ^ Craig Bellamy, Gordon Chisholm, Hilary Eriksen (17 Feb 2006) Moomba: A festival for the people.: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Moomba/History%20of%20Moomba.pdf PDF pp 17-22
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