- Olympic medals stolen from Aussie rowing champion Drew Ginn
- Ginn, 49, left the medals in his car after speaking at a school
- Police are appealing to the public for help in finding the medals
Australian Olympic rowing champion Drew Ginn says he is devastated by the theft of his Olympic medals. Police are appealing to the public for help in recovering his precious belongings.
Ginn, one of the members of the famous Oarsome Foursome, had his medals stolen from his black Land Rover parked in Docklands, Melbourne, last Thursday night.
The Thieves won one silver and three gold medals, which the 49-year-old won at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London.
Ginn had the medals in his car because he had recently given a lecture at school.
The medals weren’t the only things stolen: a Rip Curl wetsuit, a Go Pro camera and headphones were also missing.
“It’s pretty devastating,” Ginn said 3AW Melbourne.
‘Stupidly enough, after a school visit I left my medals in the car and forgot about them.
“I had them all together and someone searched the car and took a bunch of different stuff that doesn’t really matter. But the medals are gone and the police are trying to track them down.”
Police are appealing to the public for help in recovering the Olympic medals (pictured) stolen from Australian rower Drew Ginn
Ginn (pictured far right) was part of the iconic team known as The Oarsome Foursome (pictured together after winning gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta)
Gin said he rarely leaves the medals in his car, but that he had put them there when he was on a school visit because he had to go to work.
“When I got back to the car on Friday morning, my wife looked at me and said, ‘Why did you leave all the doors open?’ and all of a sudden we realised there had been a break-in,” he explained.
“About five minutes later it dawned on me that I had left the medals there. So, it’s a stupid mistake on my part, but one of those things where you hope someone uses their common sense and brings them back.”
Police have released an image of the four medals in question.
Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
Ginn said he is devastated by the theft and hopes the medals are returned soon
“These are incredibly rare items with great sentimental value,” said Detective Timothy Reiher.
‘Olympic medals are awarded to the very best and are of immeasurable value to the recipients.
“We ask people to look out for these medals in pawn shops and on online sales platforms.”