Donald 'Don' S S Elliot (born 1929), is a male former rower who competed for England.

Rowing career

He represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and won a

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in the eights at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...

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, Wales. He rowed at stroke for the eights crew, which consisted entirely of members of the Thames Rowing Club and who won the final of the Empire Games Trials from the 1st and 3rd Trinity Boat Club, Cambridge.

Personal life

His son Graham Elliot was captain of the St Catherine's College Boat Club.

References

1929 births English male rowers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in rowing Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{England-rowing-bio-stub