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List Of Commonwealth Games Medallists In Rowing
This is the complete list of Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing from 1930 to 1986. Men's Single sculls Double sculls Coxless pairs Coxless fours Coxed fours Eights Lightweight single sculls Lightweight coxless fours Women's Single sculls Double sculls Coxless pairs Coxed fours Eights Lightweight single sculls Lightweight coxless fours ReferencesResults Databasefrom the Commonwealth Games Federation {{Commonwealth Games medallists Rowing Medalists * Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 British Empire Games, 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950 British Empire Games, 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1954 to 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 British Commonwealth Games, 1970 to 1974 British Commonwealth Games, 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully Inclusion (disability rights), inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (rower)
James Roy Hill (20 November 1930 – 8 May 2020), also known as Jim Hill, was a New Zealand rower from Hamilton. A joiner by trade, he became a funeral director after his sporting career. Early life Hill was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, in 1930. After leaving school he started out as a joiner for his father Roy, before becoming a French polisher for a funeral directors, Hill would later drive the hearse. He became self employed in 1965 as James R Hill Funeral Directors. Hill married Doreen in 1950; they were to have two children. Rowing career Hill took up rowing in 1947 at the Hamilton Rowing Club; his father had been captain and president for the club. James Hill was awarded life membership to the club in 2002. Hill initial rowed in a four, but later concentrated on singles and doubles. He succeeded the five-time national singles champion Don Rowlands and from 1958 to 1963, he won the national singles titles six years back-to-back. Hill was the only New Zealand re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Jackson
Augustus Kenneth George Jackson (25 December 1903 – 12 November 1968) was a New Zealand rower. He won two bronze medals at the 1938 British Empire Games, winning one as part of the men's eight and another bronze medal alongside Bob Smith in the men's double sculls. He was a member of the Union Boat Club (UBC) in Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...; fellow UBC members in the eight were James Gould and Howard Benge. References New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand 1903 births 1968 deaths Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Offer
Richard Frederick Offer (1909 – 6 February 2007) was an English rower who won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta and a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Offer was born at Hampton Wick, the son of Henry John Offer and his wife Vera Jenny Burgoine. His maternal grandfather, Alfred Burgoine, was a boat designer who built one of Queen Victoria's Royal Barges and a motor launch that held the world water speed record. He was educated at Tiffin School where he began rowing. He joined Kingston Rowing Club in 1929, where his brothers Tom and Jack Offer were already members.Old Tiffins Newsletter 232 June 2007 Offer excelled at , in particular partnering h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Offer
John Sidney Offer (1908–1985) was an English rower who won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta and a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Offer was born at Hampton Wick, the son of Henry John Offer and his wife Vera Jennie Burgoine. His maternal grandfather, Alfred Burgoine, was a boat designer who built one of Queen Victoria’s Royal Barges and a motor launch that held the world water speed record. He was educated at Tiffin School where he began rowing. He joined Kingston Rowing Club where his brothers Tom and Dick Offer were also members.Old Tiffins Newsletter 232 June 2007 Offer excelled at , in particular partnering his brother Dick in the |
William Bradley (rower)
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Cecil Pearce
Cecil Arthur Pearce (5 May 1913 – 27 March 2002) was an Australian representative rower. He was a four-time Australian national champion who won the double sculls event at the 1938 British Empire Games and competed in the single sculls at the 1936 Olympics. Sporting pedigree Cecil Pearce was born in Woollahra, Sydney, Australia, into a family with an extraordinary sporting pedigree. His great-grandfather emigrated from England in 1850 and settled in Double Bay, in Sydney's harbourside district, where he worked as a fisherman and ran a boatshed. Pearce's grandfather Henry John "Harry" Pearce, Sr. was an Australian champion in sculling. Harry Pearce had five sons and seven daughters. One of those daughters (Cecil's aunt) was a New South Wales swimming champion. Cecil Pearce's father Sandy Pearce, was a national rugby league representative inducted into that sport's Australian Hall of Fame. Cecil's brother Sid Pearce also played rugby league for Australia. Cecil's son Gary Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Richards (Canadian Rower)
Robert Whitla Richards (July 9, 1909 – May 19, 1989) was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games, where he won a gold medal alongside his cousin Elswood Bole. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Richards won the Canadian national championships in the double sculls six times between 1928 and 1950, but missed qualifying for the Summer Olympics in 1932. He also had a term as president of his Winnipeg Rowing Club. By career he was a stockbroker and he served in the Canadian Army during World War II. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1988. Early life Richards was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 9, 1909. In addition to rowing, he was athletically involved in cross-country skiing, golfing, ice hockey, sailing, and squash. In 1926 he began a career as a stockbroker and, during World War II, he served in the Canadian Army, eventually reaching the rank of Captain. Rowing career Richards took up rowing in the 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Verdonk
Eric Franciscus Maria Verdonk (28 May 1959 – 3 April 2020) was a New Zealand rower who won bronze medals in the single sculls events at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1986 Commonwealth Games, and 1990 World Rowing Championships. Career Verdonk began rowing at Westlake Boys High School in Forrest Hill, Auckland. In 1976, he won the Maadi Cup. He was a member of the North Shore Rowing Club, joining the club in 1973. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Verdonk won a bronze medal in the single sculls; the race was won by Steve Redgrave. He also came fourth in the double sculls event at the Games. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Verdonk competed in the single sculls. He won his heat, came third in his semi-final, and finished third in the final behind Thomas Lange and Peter-Michael Kolbe. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Verdonk finished fourth, and at one point in the race was 0.62 seconds behind Pole Kajetan Broniewski, who finished third. In total, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Powell (rower)
Richard Powell (born 9 December 1960) is an Australian rower. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers of Australia Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Redgrave
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. He is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport. Redgrave is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians. As of 2016 he was the fourth-most decorated British Olympian, after cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Jason Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. He has carried the British flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. In 2002, he was ranked number 36 in the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Early life and education Redgrave was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, to Geoffrey Edward Redgrave, a submariner in the Second World War who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
