Nick Green (rower)

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Nick Green
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma materXavier College
OccupationFormer rower
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Coxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Tasmania Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1991 Vienna Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cologne Coxed four
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cologne Coxed pair
Updated on 21 September 2014.

Nicholas David Green

OAM (born 4 October 1967) is an Australian former rower, a dual Olympic gold medallist and four time World Champion. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome. Now a sports administrator, since 2014 he has been Chief Executive of Cycling Australia
.

Rowing career

Educated at

Melbourne High School, Green competed in two Olympic Games — 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics, winning gold medals at each in the "Oarsome Foursome
".

Accolades

He was one of the eight flag-bearers of the

Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics
.

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993 for services to rowing and the Australian Sports Medal in 2000. In 2010 Green was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.

Sports administrator

In 2008 Nick was appointed as director of game and industry development for Golf Australia.[1]

He was appointed the Chef de mission for the Australian team at the 2012 Olympic Games.[2]

In September 2014 he was appointed as Chief Executive of Cycling Australia.

Achievements

Olympic Games

World Championships

  • 1998 – Gold, Coxed Four (with James Tomkins, Mike Mckay, Drew Ginn and Brett Hayman (cox))
  • 1998 – Gold, Coxed Pair (with James Tomkins and Brett Hayman (cox))
  • 1995 – 5th, Coxless Four (with James Tomkins, Drew Ginn, Mike McKay)
  • 1991 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Tomkins, Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay)
  • 1990 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Tomkins, Sam Patten, Mike McKay)
Nick Green (bow) in the 1990 foursome

References

  1. ^ "Men missing in action as golf hits hard times". The Age. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Olympic team boss set for shock and oar". The Age. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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