Stephen Hawkins

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Stephen "Steve" Mark Hawkins (born January 14, 1971 in Hobart , Tasmania ) is a former Australian rower and Olympic champion .

Stephen Hawkins started out as a lightweight rower . At the 1990 World Championships in his Tasmanian homeland, he finished third behind the boats from Italy and France with the Australian lightweight double scull in the line-up of Hawkins, Bruce Hick , Gary Lynagh , Simon Burgess . In 1991 in Vienna , the Australian foursome won in the same line-up before the Swedes and the French.

Since lightweight rowing did not become Olympic until 1996 , lightweight rowers had to switch to rowers without weight restrictions in order to participate in the Olympics. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , the two lightweight rowers Peter Antonie and Stephen Hawkins competed together in double sculls and won the gold medal in front of the boats from Austria and the Netherlands.

Hawkins finished second in the lightweight single at the 1993 World Championships . After finishing twelfth in the lightweight one in 1994 , Hawkins ended his international career.

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SURNAME Hawkins, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hawkins, Stephen Mark (full name); Hawkins, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Hobart