Identified Athletes - AUS
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FDC GUY 2000 May 15th OG Sydney - H. R. Pearce (AUS), Olympic M1X champion 1928 & 1932
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - M2- gold medal winners Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
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Medal USA 1996 The Olympic Dream - image of Henry Pearce (AUS), Olympic champion single sculls 1928 OG Amsterdam
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 398 - The Australian M8+ crew (eliminated in the repercharge)
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PC GER 1912 Richard Arnst (NZL), professional Sculling World Champion
Richard Arnst (1883 - 1953) was a professional sculler
from New Zealand (not Australia as indicated in the
description). He won the professional World Championship
six times (1908, 1909, twice 1910, 1911 and 1921).
The photo refers to the year 1912 when he lost his title
in a race against Ernest Barry (GBR) on the Thames
(Putney to Mortlake).
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PC USA 1932 OG Los Angeles - Bobby Pearce (AUS), M1X Olympic champion
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Stamp AUS 2003 Jan. 7th MS °Athens to Athens 1896-2004° Australian gold medal winners - The Early years (Henry Pearce M1X 1928+1932)
Personalized issue
MI MS 2196
SC 2121
The last row of "Australian Gold Medallists"
reads: Henry Pearce - Rowing - 1928, 1932
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Stamp AUS 2003 Jan. 7th MS °Athens to Athens 1896-2004° Australian gold medal winners - The Golden Era (Mervyn Woods M1X 1948)
Personalized issue
MI MS 2196
stamp SC 2121
The second row of "Australian Gold Medallists"
reads "Mervyn Wood - Rowing - 1948"
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Stamp AUS 2003 Jan. 7th MS °Athens to Athens 1896-2004° Australian gold medal winners - The Modern Games (M4- 1992+1996)
Personalized issue
MI MS 2196
SC 2121
OG Barcelona 1992 Aug. 2nd:
A. Cooper, N. Green, M. McKay, J. Tomkins
OG Atlanta 1996 July 27th:
D. Ginn, J. Tomkins, N. Green, M. McKay
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Stamp AUS 2004 Aug. 23rd OG Athens - Tomkins & Ginn (AUS), M2- gold medal winners
MI 2343
SC 2271
MI MS 2335-51
Tomkins won his gold medal at the age of 39
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Stamp AUS 2008 Aug. 18th - OG Beijing M2- gold medal winners Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
MI 3057 II
SC 2917
SG 3043 B
YV 2929
printing with Chinese characters in margin
MI 3057 I
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Stamp AUS 2008 Aug. 18th - OG Beijing M2X gold medal winners David Crawshay & Scott Brennan (AUS)
MI 3058 II
SC 2918
SG 3044 B
YV 2928
MI 3058 I (printed in CHN with Chinese
characters in sheet margin)
MI 3058 I (printed in CHN with Chinese characters in sheet margin)
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Stamp AUS 2016 Aug. 17th OG Rio de Janeiro - W1X gold medal winner Kimberley Brennan (AUS)
MI 4533
SC 4517
SG 4609
YV 4353
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Stamp AUS 2021 Aug. 2nd OG Tokyo - W4- gold medal winner crew Jessica Morrison, Lucy Stephan, Rosemarie Popa & Annabelle Mcintyre (AUS)
Olympic best time 6:15,37
MI 5371
SG 5489
YV 5123
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Stamp AUS 2021 Aug. 3rd OG Tokyo - M4- gold medal winner crew Alexander Purnall, Spencer Turrin, Alexander Hill & Jack Hargreaves (AUS)
MI 5368
SG 5490
YV 5125
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Stamp AUS 2024 Sept 23rd Paralympics Paris - PR3 Mixed Double Sculls gold medal winners J.Altschwager & N. Ayers (AUS)
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - James Bruce Tomkins (AUS)
J. B. Tomkins is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and a seven-time World Champion
OG Barcelona 1992 (M4-) OG Atlanta 1996 (M4-) OG Athens 2004 (M2-)
World Champion Nottingham 1986 (M8+), Tasmania 1990 (M4-), Vienna 1991 (M4-),
Cologne 1998 (M4+ and M2+), St. Catharines 1999 (M2-), Milan 2003 (M2-)
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Stamp COK Penrhyn (unauthorized) OG London 2012 - W2- silver medal winners Kate Hornsey & Sarah Tait (AUS)
W2- result OG London 2012
Gold medal: GBR 7:27,13
Silver medal: AUS 7:29,86
Bronze medal: NZL 7:30,19
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Stamp COK Penrhyn (unauthorized) OG London 2012 - W2X silver medal winners Kim Crow & Brooke Pratley (AUS)
W2X result OG London 2012
Gold medal: GBR 6:55,82
Silver medal: AUS 6.58,55
Bronze medal: POL 7:07,92
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Stamp GUY 2000 May 15th OG Sydney - Henry Robert Pearce (AUS), Olympic champion M1X at Amsterdam 1928 and Los Angeles 1932
MI 6975
SC 3498a
