John Hawkins (rower)
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Surfers Paradise RC
Mercantile Rowing Club
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | South Melbourne RC Surfers Paradise RC Mercantile Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Penrith Cup 1974 & 1976 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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 from where he had most of his representative success.[1]
Hawkins first rowed at the Australian Interstate Regatta in 1974 in a Queensland lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup. That crew finished third.[1] In 1976, he contested and won the Penrith Cup in the Victorian lightweight four.[1]
In Mercantile colours Hawkins contested national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships. 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.[1]