Geoffrey Hale (born 25 March 1938) is an Australian former representative

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 ...

. He was a 1960 national champion and competed in the men's eight event at the

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Club and state rowing

Hale was educated at

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in Perth from 1951-53. His senior club rowing was from the ANA Rowing Club. Hale made his sole state representative selection for Western Australia in the 1960 senior eight which contested and won the

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at the Australian annual Interstate Regatta.Hale Profile at Australian Rowing History
/ref> He benefitted from the policy adopted by coach Ken Grant to retain only two members of the 1959 WA King's Cup crew into the 1960 boat as he sought to build a heavy and more powerful eight. This enabled Hale to take the two seat for the 1960 King's Cup win and to make Olympic representation.

International representative rowing

The entire West Australian champion King's Cup eight of 1960 were selected without alteration as the Australian eight to compete at the

1960 Rome Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. The crew was graded as the second of the seven Australian Olympic boats picked for Rome and was therefore fully funded by the Australian Olympic Committee. Hale rowed in the two seat of the eight. They were eliminated in the repechage on Lake Albano at the 1960 Olympics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Geoffrey 1938 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers from Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia People educated at Guildford Grammar School 20th-century Australian sportsmen