Australia’s Olympic Gold Medallists to date:
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- Henry ‘Bobby’ Pearce won gold in the Men’s Single Scull in 1928 and 1932
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- Mervyn Wood won gold for Australia in the Men’s Single Scull in 1948
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- In 1992, Peter Antonie and Stephen Hawkins won gold in the Men’s Double Scull
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- In 1992, the Men’s Coxless Four of Andrew Cooper, Michael McKay, Nicholas Green and James Tomkins won gold
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- In 1996 the Men’s Coxless Four claimed gold again. They were Mike McKay, Nicholas Green, James Tomkins and Drew Ginn
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- The 1996 Olympics saw Australia’s women win their first Olympic rowing gold medal. The honour was for the Women’s Coxless Pair of Kate Slatter and Megan Still
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- In 2004, the Men’s Coxless Pair of James Tomkins and Drew Ginn claimed gold
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- In the Beijing Olympics of 2008, David Crawshay and Scott Brennan won gold in the Men’s Double Scull
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- Drew Ginn and Duncan Free struck gold in Beijing in 2008 in the Men’s Coxless Pair
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- Kim Brennan AM
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- In 2021, the Australian Men’s Four of Alex Purnell, Spencer Turrin, Jack Hargreaves and Alex Hill reclaimed the gold medal that had evaded Australia for 25 years.
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- At the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Lucy Stephan, Rosie Popa, Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre became the first Australian crew to win gold in the Women’s Four.