David Webb (born 21 April 1943) is a retired British rowing coxswain who competed at the

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and the

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Rowing career

Webb was selected for the Great Britain crew which competed in the men's coxed pair at the 1976 Olympic Games. The crew which consisted of James MacLeod and

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finished in seventh place. In 1977, while rowing for the London Rowing Club he won the coxed pairs with MacLeod and Christie, at the 1977 National Rowing Championships. Later that year he was part of the coxed pair that finished 10th overall after a fourth-place finish in the B final at the

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in Amsterdam. A second Olympic Games appearance came in 1980 as part of the men's coxed pair again and with the same crew of MacLeod and Christie they finished in ninth place.

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1943 births Living people British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Coxswains (rowing) {{UK-rowing-bio-stub