Bruce Hick OAM
Canberra Rowing Club (ACT)
1984 - Trans Tasman Under 23 Series Australian Men's Scull
1985 - Trans Tasman Under 23 Series Australian Men's sculling
1985 - Match des Seniors - Men's Double Scull stroke - Fourth
1987 - Interstate Men's Lightweight Four Championship bow - First
1987 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Eight six seat - Eighth
1988 - Interstate Men's Lightweight Four Championship two seat - Second
1988 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Four three seat - Sixth
1990 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Quad Scull three seat - Bronze
1991 - Interstate Men's Sculling Championship - Fourth
1991 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Quad Scull three seat - Gold
1992 - Interstate Men's Sculling Championship - Sixth
1992 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Gold
1993 - Interstate Men's Sculling Championship - Third
1993 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Gold
1994 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Four two seat - Silver
1995 - Interstate Men's Lightweight Four Championship bow - Third
1995 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Bronze
1996 - Olympic Games - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Bronze
1997 - Interstate Men's Eight Championship - First
1998 - Interstate Men's Eight Championship four seat - Fourth
1998 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Twelfth
1999 - World Championships - Men's Lightweight Double Scull bow - Silver
2000 - Interstate Men's Eight Championship - Second
2000 - Olympic Games - Men's Lightweight Double Scull stroke - Seventh
Bruce married fellow rowing Olympian Kay Fry, cox of the 1996 Women's Eight.
Bruce was one of the most respected lightweight rowers in Australia - a great oarsman, professional in approach, enduring, humble and friendly. His results are outstanding.
The following profile has been extracted from ACT Sports Hall of Fame website upon his induction.
Bruce Hick came to Canberra in the early 1980's in the pursuit of greater rowing and sculling opportunities. It was during his time as a member of the Canberra Rowing Club that Bruce received his first chance to further his rowing career by attaining a scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport.
At the interstate level, Bruce was part of the crew that won the Penrith Cup in 1987 and was also included in the Territory Eight that stunned the rowing world by winning the coveted King's Cup a decade later.
Representing his country for the first time, Bruce won bronze in the lightweight quad sculls at the 1990 World Championships, only to return to win gold in the Championships the following year.
Bruce and his fellow quad member Gary Lynagh won consecutive gold medals at the World Championships in 1992 and 1993, and silver in the lightweight coxless fours at the 1994 World Championships in Indianapolis.
The success continued, with a bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the 1995 World Championships, and a bronze in the same event at the Atlanta Olympic Games the following year. With a momentary break to start a family, Bruce won his final World Championship medal in 1999.
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Bruce in 1999 still winning World Championship medals
Bruce was ranked in the pantheon of Australia's rowing and sculling вЂgreats' by the time he had retired at the conclusion of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He had achieved Olympic and Commonwealth Games glory along with an impressive World Championship record in a career spanning 25 years.
In recognition of Bruce's achievements he was awarded the OAM and was acclaimed the 1991 ACT Sportstar of the Year for his rowing achievements, a clear indication of the respect he has obtained within the ACT his for his sporting prowess.
ROWING
Born: 20 August 1963
Inducted: 2004
Full Member
Compiled by Andrew Guerin, Jan 2018