Country Australia Height 1.9 m | Sport Rowing Weight 92 kg | |
Born 29 April 1988 (age 28) ( 1988-04-29 ) Adelaide, South Australia |
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Cameron Girdlestone (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian rower. He is a 2016 Olympic silver medallist who has also competed and placed at World Championships.
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- Cameron girdlestone s gopro row to rio
- Personal
- Club and national career
- International rowing career
- References

Personal

Girdlestone was born in Sydney and attended Samuel Gilbert Primary school. He took up rowing at high school at The King's School, Parramatta. He is currently a PDHPE teacher at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.
Club and national career

Girdlestone rows from the Sydney University Boat Club. He first rowed in the Interstate Regatta at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2010 representing New South Wales in the men's single scull in the President's Cup event. In 2016 he was seated in the New South Wales state VIII who placed second in the King's Cup that year.
International rowing career

At the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette France he finished 2nd in the men's quadruple sculls (M4x) event, rowing with David Crawshay, Karsten Forsterling and David Watts.

In the quadruple scull at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a crew with James McRae, Karsten Forsterling and Alexander Belonogoff he won the silver medal.
