Name Robert Scott | Role Olympic athlete | |
Robert Scott (born 5 August 1969 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian rower.
Robert Scott won West Australian Sports Star of the Year Award in 1996 for his achievements in rowing. This included Silver at the Atlanta Olympic Games in the Stroke Australia's Men's Pair, Gold in the International Championships in Cologne, Silver in Dvisburg, Gold in the pre-Olympic trials in Lucerne . He came first in the Open Pair Stroke, Open Coxless Four Stroke & Open Eight Stroke at the National Championships.
He was partnered with David Weightman in the Australian men's coxless pair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The pair believed they had a real chance of gold and threw everything at their opponents in the final 500 metres of a thrilling race but had to be content with second place and a silver medal behind legendary British rower Steve Redgrave and his team-mate Matthew Pinsent.