Career
He competed in the Men"s eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Lister was introduced to rowing at Shore School in Sydney. In 2004 Lister represented Australia at the World Junior Championships in Banyoles, Spain, placing 6th in the Men"s Coxed Four.
Upon leaving school Lister joined Sydney University Boat Club.
In 2007, Lister was one of 7 athletes from Sydney University Boat Club to form the Australian Under 23 Men"s Eight. In 2008, Lister placed 7th at the World Under 23 Rowing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany.
Following the retirement of fellow Sydney University Boat Club coxswain, Marty Rabjohns, Lister moved on to the senior national team, as coxswain of the Men"s Eight at the 2009 World Rowing Championships. The crew placed 7th in Poznan, Poland.
At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Lister"s Australian Men"s Eight placed 4th and qualified the boat for the London Olympics.
At the London Olympic Games, Lister coxed the Australian Men"s Eight to a 6th placing in a thrilling final where all boats were overlapping at the finish line. Lister is the Director of Rowing at Scotch College, Adelaide and led the program to wins in the First VIII for Schoolboys and Schoolgirls at the South Australian Head of the River. lieutenant was the first time in the school"s history that this has occurred.