Roger Ninham
Roger Arthur Ninham (23 September 1942 – 1985) was an Australian Olympian stillwater rower, a surfboat rower and surfcraft boat builder. As a stillwater rower he was a four-time national champion across both sculling and sweep-oared boats and competed at two Olympic Games. Rowing family and pedigree Born in Perth, Western Australia Ninham's father William Ninham a boat builder, stroked South Australian eights which contested the King's Cup in 1932, 1933 and 1935. As a Perth-based boat building craftsman he had along association with the West Australian Rowing Club and the Fremantle Rowing Club. Ninham's niece Sally Ninham was an Australian national champion lightweight rower who won a silver medal at the 1990 World Rowing Championships. Club and state rowing Roger Ninham's senior club rowing was initially from the West Australian Rowing Club and later from the Mosman Rowing Club. Ninham's first state selection for Western Australian was in the 1960 men's eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within Australian Rowing Championships. In 1961 he was the Western Australian entrant to race the President's Cup – the interstate single sculls championship. He won that 1961 title. In Ninham relocated to Sydney and joined the