Australian rower Drew Ginn kept his Olympic medals in a sock in the back of his car

According to numerous reports, four Olympic medals belonging to Australian rower Drew Ginn were stolen from his car.

Authorities told CNN that four medals — three gold and one silver — were still missing after they were stolen from Ginn’s Land Rover between Thursday, September 6 and Friday, September 7 in Docklands. While a suspect was arrested on Wednesday, September 11, the medals have not been recovered.

Ginn, 49, told the ABC the medals were stored in a sock in his vehicle when they were stolen. The Australian Olympian had intended to show the medals to students during an upcoming speaking engagement at school.

According to a CNN report, additional items were stolen during the ransacking of Ginn’s car, including a GoPro camera, headphones and a wetsuit.

The suspect, a 47-year-old from Windsor, was arrested on Wednesday in the Melbourne suburb, CNN reports.

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Speaking to ABC Radio Melbourne after the theft, Ginn said he had “stupidly” left the medals in the car and speculated that the incident was a random pilferage rather than a thief wanting to take his medals. “It seemed like someone in the street was walking past the car,” he told the radio show.

“I honestly never thought anyone would ever take these things,” Ginn told 9News, adding that he is very generous with his medals and lets people handle them.

“There must be 10,000 young kids who have kept their 1996 medal,” he told the agency.

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According to local news station 9news, the suspect (whose name has not been released) is due to appear in the Melbourne District Court on November 29 on charges of theft of a motor vehicle, obtaining financial advantage by deception, obtaining financial advantage by deception and receiving stolen goods.

Detective Sergeant Timothy Reiher of the Melbourne Crime Scene Investigation Unit told a local news station that the medals were “extremely rare items with a lot of sentimental value” and asked the public to “look out for these medals in pawn shops and online marketplaces” as the search for Ginn’s equipment continues.

Ginn, who was part of the championship crew nicknamed Oarsome Foursome, won four rowing medals at four consecutive Games, starting at the 1996 Atlanta Games and ending at the 2012 London Olympics.

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