              the oarsome foursome is the nickname for an australian men's rowing coxless four crew who competed with a clear lineage between 1990 and 2012 - winning two olympic gold and one silver medals, two world championships as a coxless four and an additional world championship titles in a coxed boat. members of the oarsome foursome when split into pairs placed 1st and 2nd in the 1998 world championships and won gold at the 2008 olympics. ==1st combination== they first achieved success seated as nick green (bow), mike mckay (two), sam patten (three) and james tomkins stroke, when they won gold at the 1990 world rowing championships in lake barrington. guerin-foster rowing history lake barrington they were coached by noel donaldson a former victorian and national representative coxswain who had taken to coaching after competitive retirement. donaldson encouraged periods of relaxtion within the crew's training regime and it's been reported that the rowers spent the morning of that final indulging in a relaxed round of golf.foursome described at austn sports hall of fame ==2nd combination== patten was replaced by andrew cooper in 1991 and another world championship was won in vienna in 1991. gueirn-foster rowing history vienna. around this time were accused by former norwegian coach thor nilsson of not being serious enough about their training.foursome described at austn sports hall of fame in lead-up races before the 1992 olympics the crew's dominance was challenge by fours from the netherlands and the usa but after a seat swap by donaldson between cooper and green and the adoption of the new short "cleaver" blades they won gold at barcelona 1992 guerin foster rowing history barcelona and became household names crowned [[moomba|moomba
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