Nick Green (rower)
Nicholas "Nick" David Green OAM (born 4 October 1967 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian Olympics rowing champion. He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne and at Melbourne High School.
He competed in two Olympic Games — 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics, and was known as one of the "Oarsome Foursome".
He was one of the eight flag-bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993 for services to rowing and the Australian Sports Medal in 2000. In 2010 Green was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.
He was appointed the Chef de mission for the Australian team at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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