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{{Short description|Australian rower (born 1974)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 Cologne]] | Coxed four}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Rowing Championships|1999 St. Catharines]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 World Rowing Championships|2003 Milano]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 World Rowing Championships|2006 Eton]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Rowing Championships|2007 Munich]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 Cologne]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 World Rowing Championships|1997 Aiguebelette]] | Eight}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Rowing Championships|2011 Bled]] | Coxless four}}
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'''Drew Cameron Ginn''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (born 20 November 1974) is an Australian five-time world champion [[Rowing (sport)|rower]], a four time Olympian and triple Olympic gold medallist. From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the [[coxless four]] known as the [[Oarsome Foursome]].

== Club and state rowing ==
Ginn was educated at [[Scotch College, Melbourne]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Gscot/GSjun97/dginn.htm |title=Scotch College > Great Scot |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928014914/http://scotch.vic.edu.au/gscot/GSjun97/dginn.htm |archive-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing was done from the [[Mercantile Rowing Club]] in Melbourne.<ref name="AusCareer" />

His first state selection for Victoria came in the 1993 youth eight contesting the Noel Wilkinson Trophy in the Interstate Regatta at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]].<ref name="AusCareer" /> He rowed again in the Victorian youth eight in 1994, this time to victory in the Interstate Regatta.<ref name="AusCareer" /> On twelve occasions between 1995 and 2008 he was selected in the Victorian senior men's eight to contest the [[King's Cup (rowing)|King's Cup]] at the Interstate Regatta. Eight of those Victorian eights saw [[King's Cup (rowing)|King's Cup]] victories and Ginn stroked three King's Cup eights, two to victory.<ref name="AusCareer">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rowing-associations/victoria/appendix9-8.php#Ginn |title=Ginn History at Guerin-Foster |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410201703/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rowing-associations/victoria/appendix9-8.php#Ginn |archive-date=10 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== National representative rowing ==
Ginn made his Australian representative debut in the 1994 U23 Trans Tasman series against New Zealand.<ref name="AusCareer" /> He rowed in the Australian eight which won two of the three match races in the series. In 1994 he also contested the [[World Rowing U23 Championships]] in Paris rowing in the men's eight. In 1995 he first contested senior [[1995 World Rowing Championships|World Rowing Championships]] rowing in the men's eight to an eleventh placing in Tampere, Finland.<ref name="Career" />

Ginn won gold in the men's coxless four at the Atlanta [[1996 Summer Olympics]] as part of Australia's ''[[Oarsome Foursome]]'', along with [[Mike McKay (rower)|Mike McKay]], [[James Tomkins (rower)|James Tomkins]], and [[Nick Green (rower)|Nicholas Green]] – Ginn replaced the retired [[Andrew Cooper (rower)|Andrew Cooper]]. In 1997 he secured a seat in the Australian men's senior eight. He raced at the World Rowing Cup I in Lucerne that year and then at the [[1997 World Rowing Championships]] in Aiguebelette, France he rowed in the seven seat for their third placing in the final and to a bronze medal.<ref name="Career" /> Ginn's 1997 season in the Australian eight also included a campaign at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]] where as an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] crew they contested and won the 1997 [[Grand Challenge Cup]].<ref name="Career" />

At the [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 World Championships]], back in the Oarsome Foursome Ginn raced and won the men's [[coxed four]] world title with [[Brett Hayman]] in the stern.<ref name="Career" /> Mike McKay and Ginn also took a silver medal at that same regatta as a [[coxless pair]].<ref name="Career" /> In 1999, the foursome would go on to try out, but lose the 1999 Australian selection trials in a coxless four. Tomkins and Ginn decided to switch to a [[coxless pair]] and won the [[1999 World Rowing Championships|1999 World Championship]] in St Catharines Canada.<ref name="Career" />

Ginn and [[James Tomkins (rower)|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.<ref name="Career">[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/3827 Ginn at World Rowing]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/2000-Sydney.php |title=2000 Olympics at Guerin-Foster |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708081217/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/2000-Sydney.php |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2002, he returned to the water, teaming up with fellow Oarsome Foursome rower [[James Tomkins (rower)|James Tomkins]] in a coxless pair; 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.<ref name="Career" />

In 2006, Ginn made a return to international competition at the [[2006 World Rowing Championships]] held at [[Dorney Lake]], [[Eton, Berkshire|Eton]].<ref name="Career" />  He and new pairs partner [[Duncan Free]] were able to win despite choppy tail conditions.<ref name="Career" /> In 2007 Ginn and Free successfully defended their coxless pairs title, posting a time of 6:24.87 minutes — almost 6 secs ahead of their New Zealand rivals ([[Nathan Twaddle]] and [[George Bridgewater]]) who had stuck with them for the first 1000&nbsp;m before dropping behind to take the silver.

Early in 2008 Drew Ginn and his [[2007 World Rowing Championships|2007 World Champion]] partner Free, were pre-selected to compete for Australia at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympic Games]] where they won the gold medal as a coxless pair.<ref name="Career" /> 
At the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] Olympics, Ginn won a silver medal in the Australian men's coxless four, behind the all-conquering Great Britain men's four, who went on to win gold in their fourth consecutive Olympics.<ref name="Career" />

==Cycling career==
In 2009 Ginn took up competitive [[road bicycle racing]], with immediate success, particularly in the discipline of the time trial. He won the 2009 Oceania time trial championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ginn not overplaying Oceania success |author=Greg Johnson |newspaper=Cyclingnews.com |date=16 November 2009 |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ginn-not-overplaying-oceania-success |access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> However, in downplaying the achievement, Ginn noted two riders in the under-23 competition actually posted faster times over the same course on the same day.

In a much stronger field at the 2010 Australian national road championships, Ginn finished sixth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meyer makes TT title his own |author=Greg Johnson |newspaper=Cyclingnews.com |date=6 January 2010 |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/scody-australian-open-road-championships-ne/elite-mens-time-trial/results |access-date=6 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109011712/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/scody-australian-open-road-championships-ne/elite-mens-time-trial/results |archive-date=9 January 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Accolades==
Ginn was awarded the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) in the [[1997 Australia Day Honours]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887465|title=Drew Cameron Ginn|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> and the [[Australian Sports Medal]] in June 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/975795|title=Drew Ginn, OAM|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

[[Scotch College, Melbourne]], Ginn's former school, named a racing eight "Drew Ginn" in his honour.  The school's first VIII won the APS [[Head of the River (Australia)]] in that boat in 1998.

In 2003 together with James Tomkins he was named with FISA male rower of the year. In 2004 he was appointed as an Athletes Commission member to the [[Australian Olympic Committee]]. In 2007 jointly with Duncan Free he was named FISA male rower of the year.

In 2010, Ginn was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.

In 2014,  the [[International Rowing Federation]] awarded Ginn the [[Thomas Keller Medal]] for his outstanding international rowing career. It is the sport's highest honour and is awarded within five years of the athlete's retirement, acknowledging an exceptional rowing career and exemplary [[sportsmanship]].

In October 2018, he was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Persistence beats resistance' for Ginn who will join Oarsome Foursome teammates in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame |url=https://sahof.org.au/persistence-beats-resistance-for-ginn-who-will-join-oarsome-foursome-teammates-in-the-sport-australia-hall-of-fame/|website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

==Rowing palmarès==
===Olympics===
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*[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics]] [[Coxless four|M4-]] bow – gold
*[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]] [[Coxless pair|M2-]] bow – gold
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*[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] [[Coxless pair|M2-]] bow – gold
*[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] [[Coxless four|M4-]] three seat – silver
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===World Championships===
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* 1994 Trans Tasman Under 23 Series [[Eight (rowing)|Men's eight]]
* 1994 [[World Rowing U23 Championships ]][[Eight (rowing)|Men's eight]]
*[[1995 World Rowing Championships]] [[Eight (rowing)|Men's eight]] bow – eleventh
*[[1997 World Rowing Championships]] [[Eight (rowing)|Men's eight]] seven seat – bronze
*[[1998 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxed four]] three seat – gold
*[[1998 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] stroke – silver
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*[[1999 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] bow – gold
*[[2002 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] – bow – fourth
*[[2003 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] bow – gold
*[[2006 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] bow – gold
*[[2007 World Rowing Championships]] [[Coxless pair]] bow – gold
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===National Interstate Regatta===
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* 1993 – Interstate Men's Youth Eight Championship five seat – Second
* 1994 – Interstate Men's Youth Eight Championship six seat – First
* 1995 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship three seat – First
* 1996 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship five seat – First
* 1997 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship six seat – Third
* 1998 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship six seat – First
* 1999 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship six seat – Second
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* 2000 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship – First
* 2002 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship seven seat – First
* 2003 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship seven seat – First
* 2004 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship seven seat – Second
* 2006 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship stroke – First
* 2007 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship stroke – First
* 2008 – Interstate Men's Eight Championship stroke – Second
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== References ==
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==External links==
* {{FISA|3827}}
* [https://drewginn.blogspot.com/index.html Drew Ginn's Personal Blog]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121028212729/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/index.html Australian Rowing History]

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| after = [[Iztok Čop]]
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