| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for New Zealand | ||
| Men's Rowing | ||
| Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Coxless four |
Shane O'Brien (born 27 September 1960 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, USA. Along with Les O’Connell, Conrad Robertson and Keith Trask he won Gold in the coxless four. O'Brien also competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning a Silver medal in the coxless four and a Bronze medal in the eights.
He moved to England in the early 1990s where he worked as a teacher and coached rowing at Shiplake College, on the River Thames south of Henley-on-Thames; he was the Deputy Headmaster there. He became Headmaster of Jumeirah English Speaking School (Dubai, UAE) as of mid 2011.[1]