3rd Combination
Andrew Cooper retired in 1995 and Drew Ginn took the bow seat. In that combination they won a second Olympic gold medal at Atlanta 1996 cementing their popularity and fame and elevating the profile of rowing in Australia.
Following a break in 1997 they returned to World Class Rowing in 1998 winning gold at the 1998 Cologne World Championships as a coxed four steered by Brett Hayman. At those same championships McKay and Ginn took silver as a coxless pair and Green, Tomkins and Hayman were also crowned World Champions in a coxed pair.
The Australian coxless four at Sydney 2000, contained no members of any previous Oarsome Foursome although Tomkins won a bronze medal with Matthew Long in a coxless pair. Again at Athens 2004 the coxless four contained all new faces while Tomkins and Ginn took gold in a pair and Mike McKay rowed in the VIII. At Beijing in 2008 Tomkins rowed in the six seat of the Australian VIII while Ginn won gold in a Men's Pair with Duncan Free.
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).
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