AOC Media Centre - Sam Loch

Men's 8 - Heat 1The Australian Men's 8 team compete in heat one of their event, coming second with a time of 5:32.43 on Day 1 of the London 2012 Games. Copyright IOC and Nine Network

London 2012: RowingAll of the action from Rowing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photos courtesy of Getty Images

Men's Eight - 6th(L-R) Samuel Loch, Joshua Booth, Cameron Mckenzie-Mcharg, Bryn Coudraye, Thomas Swann, Nicholas Purnell, Matthew Ryan, Francis Hegerty and Tobias Lister row in the men's eight during Day 1 of the 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup III on Lucerne Rotsee on May 25, 2012 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

NSW Makes It 5 From 5New South Wales has equaled its longest ever winning streak in the King’s Cup with a one length victory at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre in Perth. Their fifth straight victory equaled the feat achieved by New South Wales between 1974 and 1978 and han

Hard Work Now Pays Off LaterNicholas Purnell, Sam Loch, Fergus Pragnell and Matt Ryan members of the Australian Men's Sweep Squad training on Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra

Sun Drenched TrainingNicholas Purnell, Sam Loch, Fergus Pragnell and Matt Ryan members of the Australian Men's Sweep Squad training on Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra

Men's Four - BronzeSamuel Loch, Drew Ginn, Nicholas Purnell, Joshua Dunkley-Smith pose with their bronze medals after the Men's Four final during the FISA Rowing World Championships at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia.

Men's Eight(L-R) Toby Lister, Joshua Dunkley-Smith, Nicholas Purnell, Samuel Loch, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie McHarg, Francis Hegerty, Matthew Ryan and William Lockwood of Australia race in the Men's Eight heat during day two of the World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro on November 2, 2010 in Cambridge, New Zealand.