Alfred Walter Duval (born 1 July 1941) is an

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former

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who competed in the

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and in the

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Club and state rowing

Duval was born in Sydney and attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he took up rowing.''SJC News'', article by James Gray p13 Following school he rowed at the senior level with the

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. For eight consecutive years from 1962 to 1969 he was seated in the New South Wales state eight which contested the Kings Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

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. He stroked the crew in the last two of those years and in 1965 and 1967 his New South Wales crews were victorious. At the 1966

in a composite SRC/SUBC crew Duval,

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, Chris Stevens, Peter Dickson, and cox Brian Thomas won the Australian coxed four title.

International representative rowing

In 1964 he was in the bow seat of the Australian

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which finished tenth at the

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. In 1966 he was selected at three in the Australian coxed four which competed at the

1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...

Bled Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...

, Yugoslavia. Four years later in 1968 he stroked the Australian boat to a silver medal in the men's eight competition at the

Mexico Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. In later life he turned to coaching. He was the foundation coach of the Varsity College Rowing Program on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

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* St. Joseph's College News 2012 Volume 52#1 article by James Gray, College Archivist * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duval, Alf 1941 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian sportsmen Rowers from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales