Stuart Sim

Fast Facts

Sport: Rowing
Event: Men’s Eight (coxswain)
Olympic History: Olympic Debutant 
Coach: Rhett Ayliffe
Highlights: Winning two Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships in the USA
Year Born: 1993
Born: Kew, VIC  
Junior Club: Scotch College (Hawthorn, VIC)

About Stuart

Stuart Sim is a third generation coxswain, with his father Michael and late grandfather Bob all beginning their personal rowing journeys at Melbourne’s Scotch College. 

After completing his secondary studies, Sim travelled to America’s northwest for a US collegiate rowing career with the University of Washington. As the coxswain of the Varsity Eight, Sim took top honours in two Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regattas, an event widely considered to be the pinnacle of the American collegiate rowing arena. 

Once finished his tertiary studies as a Finance Major, Sim returned to Australia, where he joined the Reinhold Batschi National Training Centre in Canberra.

In the nation’s capital, Sim was the coxswain for the Men’s Eight, a role that ultimately took him to the Olympic Games when he made his debut at Tokyo 2020 allowing him to expand the portfolio of the Sim family legacy in the Australian rowing landscape. 

In Tokyo, the Australian crew came up against rowing powerhouses in their Heat, including World Champions Germany as well as the USA and Romania. The fast race was dominated early by the American and German crews with Australia finishing fourth behind Romania to proceed to the repechage.

The crew was able to advance to the A-Final after they finished the repechage in fourth position, this time ahead of the Romanians, and they once again faced a stacked field in the race for medals. Racing out of lane six against the USA, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain, the Australian crew was behind at the start and unable to make up the time or speed throughout the race they finished sixth overall.