Nigel Read is a retired lightweight rower who competed for Great Britain.

Read was part of the lightweight eight that secured a bronze medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships.

[1] The following year he was part of the lightweight eight that secured a silver medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach, Austria.

[2] He won a gold medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam with the lightweight men's eight.

[5] He regained the title and gold medal at the World Championships in Hazewinkel, August 1980