David Rollo Anderson (born 8 April 1932) is an Australian

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who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1954 Commonwealth Games and in the

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Club and state rowing

Anderson attended

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, graduating in 1948. Both

Nimrod Greenwood Nimrod Greenwood (28 October 1929 – 9 September 2016) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in New South Wales, Australia, on 28 October 1929. He graduated from Sydney Boys High School 1946. His seni ...

and Edward Pain, who were in the Australian eight at the 1952 Summer Olympics with Anderson, also attended Sydney High. Anderson did his senior rowing at the Leichhardt Rowing Club in Sydney. The Guerin-Foster Rowing History site quotes the Leichhardt Centennial History of 1986 wherein Anderson is referred to as the most prominent interstate and international Leichhardt rower up until 1986. In eight consecutive seasons from 1950 to 1957 he was selected in the New South Wales state eight which contested the

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at the

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. The New South Wales crew were national champions in 1950 and 1951 and were selected in toto as the Olympic representative eight for 1952.

International representative rowing

In 1952 he was in the four seat of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event at the

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.Anderson at Australian Rowing History
/ref> Four years later at 1956 Melbourne he stroked Australia's coxless four which was eliminated in the semi-final stage of that competition. In the interim, for the

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in Vancouver as was customary, that year's winning King's Cup eight - Victoria - were invited to represent as the Australian crew. They declined citing concerns on funding and the racing standard and so a squad was selected which comprised three New South Wales scullers in

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, Evatt and Riley and two sweep oarsmen from the New South Wales eight -

Geoff Williamson Geoffrey Williamson (10 July 1923 – 17 September 2009) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, we ...

and Anderson. The squad were able to contest the single and double scull, a pair and coxed four. Anderson and Williamson won bronze rowing as the coxless pair and then with the two scullers Wood and Evatt up the bow end, they won gold as a coxed four steered by Anderson's Leichhardt club coxswain Lionel Robberds.

Personal

Anderson is the father of

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, who competed in the

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women's basketball team at the

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held in

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.Anderson, David and Laidlaw, Wendy
National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

References

External links

Leichhardt History at Guerin-Foster
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, David 1932 births Possibly living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)