# Wayne Gammon

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{{short description|Australian rower}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
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| name           = Wayne Gammon
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| nationality    = Australian
| club = Nagambie Rowing Club <br> [Mercantile Rowing Club](/source/Mercantile_Rowing_Club)
| headercolor    = silver
| olympics         = [Men's coxed pair B Final](/source/Rowing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_coxed_pair)
| sport          = [Rowing](/source/rowing_(sport))
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1950|7|2|df=yes}}
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'''Wayne Gammon''' (born 2 July 1950) is an Australian former representative [rowing](/source/rowing_(sport)) coxswain. He competed in the [men's coxed pair](/source/Rowing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_coxed_pair) event at the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/wayne-gammon-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/wayne-gammon-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wayne Gammon Olympic Results |accessdate=15 August 2018}}</ref>

==Local rowing and national titles==
Gammon was raised in country Victoria. His junior club rowing was from the Nagambie Rowing Club in Victoria's Goulburn Valley. Aged sixteen he moved to Melbourne and coxed at [Mercantile Rowing Club](/source/Mercantile_Rowing_Club) from 1966-68 before weight prevented him from carrying on.<ref name="Career">[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/gammon-wayne#gsc.tab=0 Wayne Gammon Profile at Austn Rowing History]</ref>

The young and competitive Nagambie pair of [Neil Lodding](/source/Neil_Lodding) and [Bruce Richardson](/source/Bruce_Richardson_(rower)) began having noted success on the Victorian state racing scene from 1961 and were building to an Olympic selection goal for 1964. At the beginning of the 1963-64 season, steering and coxing shortcomings were holding the pair back as a coxed boat.<ref name="Career"/> Gammon was called into the crew that season and was on the rudder when they won the 1964 national title gold as a coxed pair.<ref>[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1964#Mcoxed2 1964 Austn C'ships at Austn Rowing History]</ref>

After retiring from coxing Gammon remained involved with the Nagambie Club as a committee-man.<ref name="Career"/>

==International representative==
Selection trials were held in 1964 for the [Tokyo Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) rowing squad on [Lake Burley Griffin](/source/Lake_Burley_Griffin). Lodding, Richardson and Gammon won their trial and the right to represent. In Tokyo they placed third in their heat, second in their repechage and rowed in the B final where they paced third for an overall ninth ranking at the Olympic regatta.<ref>[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1964-Tokyo#gsc.tab=0 1964 Tokyo Olympics at Austn Rowing History]</ref>

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