Todd Skipworth

Todd Skipworth (born 15 February 1985) is an Australian former lightweight rower and triathlete. He was a nine-time national champion rower, a world champion and dual Olympian. His 2011 rowing world championship was won in the men's lightweight coxless four and he competed in that boat class at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Club and state rowing Skipworth's senior rowing was from the Swan River Rowing Club in Perth.

From 2006 to 2012 Skipworth 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 was in the three consecutive winning West Australian fours of 2007 to 2009 and stroked those crews in 2008 and 2009.

Wearing Swan River Rowing Club colours he contested national lightweight titles at the Australian Rowing Championships from 2005. He competed in the lightweight coxless pair championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 winning that national title on all four occasions. He competed in the lightweight four in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 winning the championship in 2005 and 2007; and he contested the lightweight men's eight in 2005 and 2008.

International representative rowing Skipworth was first selected to represent Australia in an U23 coxless four in 2004. They raced at the 2004 World Rowing U23 Championships in Poznan where they finished fourth. In 2005 he was selected in the Australian senior lightweight coxless four and who finished fourth at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan. Less than one and a quarter seconds separated the 1st to 4th crews. It was Skipworth's and Cureton's last Australian representative appearance and they both retired at point. At the 2009 Ironman World Championship he took 6th in his age group.

In 2014 he won the long distance Alpe d'Huez Triathlon.