Education
He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne.
He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne.
In 1990, McKay, with Nick Green, Sam Patten, James Tomkins began racing the coxless four. Their success was immediate. And with Andrew Cooper replacing Sam Patten, they followed up with a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
The crew"s success gained them the nickname Oarsome Foursome.
The boat repeated its Gold medal performance at the 1996 Summer Olympics, this time with Drew Ginn replacing Andrew Cooper. In 1999, the boat would go on to try out, but lose the 1999 Australian selection trials in the four without.
Nick Green retired, Tomkins and Ginn decided to switch to the coxless pairs, and McKay tried out for the Australian eight which ended up finishing seventh at the World Championships. McKay made the eight for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the boat came in as one of the favorites.
McKay was again in the Australian eight for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
The boat finished third behind the United States and the Netherlands. In May 2011 it was announced that Mckay is to be the Chief Executive Officer of the new GreenEdge Cycling Team which will begin competing in 2012. In 2007 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Olympic Games World Championships.
Thomas Keller Medal: Foreign an outstanding career in rowing. Presented at the III Cup Event in Lucerne Olympic Medals: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze World Championship Medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver 2004 - Bronze, Eight 2000 - Silver, Eight 1996 - Gold, Coxless Four (with Nick Green, Drew Ginn, James Tomkins) 1992 - Gold, Coxless Four (with Nick Green, Andrew Cooper, James Tomkins) 1988 - 5th, Eight 1999 - Seventh, Eight 1998 - Gold, Coxed Four (with Nick Green, James Tomkins, Drew Ginn and Brett Hayman (cox)) 1998 - Silver, Pair w/out (with Drew Ginn) 1995 - 5th, Coxless Four (with Nick Green, Drew Ginn, James Tomkins) 1991 - Gold, Coxless Four (with Nick Green, Sam Patten, James Tomkins) 1990 - Gold, Coxless Four (with Nick Green, Sam Patten, James Tomkins).
In 1993, McKay and the other members of his 1992 Olympic boat were awarded the Order of Australia.
