Glen Loftus

Glen Loftus (born 8 June 1976 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian former lightweight rower. He was a national champion, an U23 world champion and an Olympic silver medalist. In competitive retirement he was a coach and a rowing administrator in Western Australia.

Club and state career Loftus was educated at Wesley College, Perth where he took up rowing in 1990. His senior club rowing was from the Curtin University Rowing Club from 1994 until his retirement in 2004. He won eight West Australian state titles in sculls and sweep-oared boats and was acknowledged as Western Australian Oarsman of the Year in 1998 and 2001.

In 1995, 1997 and from 1999 to 2004 Loftus was selected to represent Western Australia in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He stroked those West Australian fours from 1999 to 2004, including the victorious crew of 2002.

In Curtin University colours he contested national championship titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on numerous occasions. He won the 1999 lightweight double-scull national title and in 2001 and 2002 he won the lightweight coxless pair national championship.

International representative rowing Loftus made his Australian representative debut with his West Australian team-mate Tom Atkinson in the U23 lightweight coxless four who won gold at the 1996 World Rowing U23 Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium. The following year at the 1997 U23 World Championships in Milan, Loftus rowed to a silver medal in the lightweight double scull with Karl Parker from New South Wales.

Coaching and administration Following retirement from competitive rowing, Loftus joined Fremantle Rowing Club as Senior Coach from 2006 through until 2011. During this time he was recognised by Rowing WA as Western Australia's 2010 Club Coach of the Year.

In October 2012 Loftus was appointed to the board of Rowing WA. He was responsible for the advancement of High Performance rowing in Western Australia from 2012 to 2016.

Achievements 8 x Western Australian Senior State titles (Including M2-, M2x, M4-, M4x, M8+) 2 x World Rowing U23 Championships medals (Gold – Hazewinkel 1996, Silver – Milan 1997) 3 x Australian National Senior Titles (LM2x 1999, LM2- 2001, 2002) 1 x World Rowing Championship medal (Bronze, Zagreb 2000) 1 x Penrith Cup (Interstate Champions at the Australian Rowing Championships) (2002) 1 x Olympic Silver Medal (LM4- Athens 2004) Western Australian Oarsman of the Year 1998, 2001 Western Australian Club Coach of the Year 2010