Brian Richardson (rower)

Brian John Richardson (24 July 1947 – 15 September 2024) was an Australian rower and rowing coach. He competed at the national elite level over a fifteen-year period representing both South Australia and Victoria. He was a representative at three world championships and at the 1976 Montreal and the 1980 Moscow Olympics.^[1] In a twenty-three year coaching career, he held national head coaching roles in both Canada and Australia from 1993 to 2008 and personally coached national crews to twelve world championship or Olympic medals. He was also a crew member of America's Cup winning Australia II.