Samuel Patten

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Samuel Patten

Patten (at 3) in the 1990Oarsome Foursome
Personal information
Born	(1963-05-23)23 May 1963 Melbourne,Victoria
Education	Scotch College, Melbourne
Alma mater	Monash University Oxford University
Occupation	Orthopaedic surgeon
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Relative	Barry Patten(father)
Sport
Club	Mercantile Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1992Men's eight
Medal record Men'srowing RepresentingAustralia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Eight World Rowing Championships 1990 Tasmania Coxless four 1983 Duisburg M8+
Updated on 22 August 2016

Samuel Patten(born 23 May 1963) is a former Australian World Championrowerand Olympic medallist. His professional career has been as anorthopaedic surgeonspecialising in hip and knee surgery and based inMelbourne.From 1990 to 1991 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – thecoxless fourknown as theOarsome Foursome.

Club and state rowing career

The son of Olympicalpine skierand noted architect,Barry Patten,Samuel Patten took up rowing atScotch College, Melbourne.His senior club rowing was with theMercantile Rowing Clubin Melbourne.

Patten was selected in Victorian state representative King's Cup crews contesting the men's Interstate Eight-Oared Championship at theAustralian Rowing Championshipsin 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990. He saw victories in 1987–88 and 1989–90. He was selected in the 1992 King's Cup eight but withdrew due to injury.

International representative rowing

World Championships

Patten's first Australian selection was in thecoxed fourwho placed fourth at the 1981 World Junior Championships.Two years later he was a member of the Australian men's senioreightwho won a bronze medal at the1983 World Rowing ChampionshipsinDuisburg,Germany.

Patten won a World Championship in first incarnation of Australia'sOarsome Foursomecoxless fourat the1990 World Rowing ChampionshipsinLake Barrington,Tasmania.He was seated at three, withNick Green(bow),Mike McKay(two) andJames Tomkins(stroke), and achieved his first and only world championship gold medal.

Olympics

Patten first Australian Olympic representative selection was the men's eight who took the bronze medal atLos Angeles 1984Olympics.

At the Olympic games inSeoul 1988Patten and Malcolm Batten were selected in the squad as reserves for the eight and qualified acoxless pair.They raced in heats and were eliminated in the repechage.Patten's last Australian representative selection was in the men's eight at the1992 BarcelonaOlympic Games. That crew placed fifth.

Selector/administrator

From 1993 to 1996 Patten was a selector for Victorian states crews. In those same years he was on theAustralian Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission.

From 1996 to 1997 he was a board member of Rowing Australia.

Surgical career

Samuel Patten in his private practice.

Graduating fromMonash Universitywith a degree in medicine, Patten gained a Fellowship from theRoyal Australian College of Surgeonsin 2002 and went on to work as a Senior Joint Replacement Fellow at the prestigious Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, England, and Consultant Trauma Surgeon at theJohn Radcliffe Hospitalin Oxford andOxford Universityin 2004. Patten specialises in injuries and arthritis of the hip and knee: Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIS) for total hip replacement, conventional total hip replacement, revision hip replacement, total knee replacement, revision knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, reconstructive surgery of the knee (ACL), knee osteotomy, post-trauma reconstruction of the pelvis and lower limb.