Edward Oscar Guthrie "Ted" Pain (15 July 1925 – 6 January 2000) was an Australian

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Pain attended

Sydney Boys High School Sydney Boys High School ('SBHS'), otherwise known as Sydney High School ('SHS') or simply High, is an Australian government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Moore Park, New South Wales, a s ...

from 1938 to 1943, graduating three years ahead of Nimrod Greenwood and five years ahead of David Anderson, who both rowed alongside Pain in the Australian eight at

. Pain's senior rowing was done from the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

club. At the 1950 Empire Games he won the gold medal as part of the Australian boat in the eights competition. In 1952 he was in the seven seat of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event at Helsinki. He died in

Greenwich, New South Wales Greenwich is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Greenwich is located north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. The suburb occupies ...

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* 1925 births 2000 deaths Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games rowers for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Oxford University Boat Club rowers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games Rowers from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales People educated at Sydney Boys High School 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rowing-bio-stub