John Hawkins is an Australian former representative rower. He was a three time Australian national champion and won a bronze medal at the

1977 World Rowing Championships The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Medal summary About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed ...

Club and state rowing

Hawkins commenced his senior club rowing in 1968 with the South Melbourne Rowing club and rowed there till 1972. From 1972 to 1975 he was living in Queensland and rowed from the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club. In 1975 he relocated back to Melbourne and joined the

Mercantile Rowing Club The Mercantile Rowing Club is based in Melbourne, Australia on the Yarra River. It was founded in 1880 and has occupied its current site since 1885. More than 40 Mercantillians have represented Australia at Olympic Games. Club history A group o ...

from where he had most of his representative success. Hawkins first rowed at the Australian Interstate Regatta in 1974 in a Queensland lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup. That crew finished third. In 1976 he contested and won the Penrith Cup in the Victorian lightweight four. In Mercantile colours Hawkins contested national titles at the

Australian Rowing Championships Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...

. He won the national lightweight four title in 1976 and was at stroke in a Mercantile crew which won national lightweight eight title in 1977.

International representative rowing

Hawkins made his Australian representative debut in 1977 in the men's lightweight eight at the

in Amsterdam. The Australian eight rowed to a bronze medal.Hawkins at World Rowing
/ref> He rowed again in the Australian lightweight eight at the

1979 World Rowing Championships The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table This table does not include th ...

where that crew placed sixth.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, John Living people Australian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian people