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Hancock Prospecting propels Rowing Australia towards LA 2028

Rowing Australia is excited to announce that Hancock Prospecting, Australia’s leading mining and agricultural company, will back Australia’s rowers in their journey to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games after renewing its Major Partnership with the sport. Rowing Australia Chief Executive Officer Sarah Cook OLY said the commitment would set rowing up for more success and give the sport the confidence to plan for a new era of growth and top-notch performance. “This is another example of the game-changing support Mrs Rinehart AO shows to Australian sport,” Cook said. “The sky is the limit for Rowing Australia with Hancock Prospecting powering us through another Olympic cycle.”

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Gina Rinehart’s $3m Patron’s medal achievement incentive fund

The Patron’s Medal Achievement Incentive Fund, powered by Hancock Prospecting, initially commits $3m over two years in the lead up to and at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will provide performance-based payments to the country’s best swimmers, rowers, volleyball players and artistic swimmers should they win medals at a World Championship, and Olympic or Paralympic Games and is the only private performance initiative of its scale to benefit Australian Olympic and Paralympic sport medal achievers, outside Government and Australian Olympic Committee funding.

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