Nicholas Baker

Nicholas Baker (born 13 February 1985) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's eight.

Club and state rowing Raised in Tasmania, Baker's senior club rowing was from the Lindisfarne Rowing Club in Hobart.

In 2008 Baker was selected to represent Tasmania in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.

In Lindisfarne club colours he contested the Australian men's lightweight pair title at the 2008 Australian Rowing Championships.

International representative rowing Baker was first selected to represent Australia at the 2007 World Rowing U23 Championships in Glasgow in a lightweight coxless pair which placed seventh. In 2008 he earned a seat in the Australian senior lightweight eight and raced at the 2008 World Rowing Championships in Linz to a seventh placing.