Ian T. McNuff (born 10 March 1957 in

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) is a

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who competed in the

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Rowing career

In 1975, McNuff along with John Beattie, Robin Roberts and

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was a crew member of the Ealing High Schools coxless fours boat coached by their History Teacher David Tanner (later Sir David Tanner CBE) which won the silver medal at the World Junior Rowing Championships for Great Britain in Montreal behind East Germany and in front of West Germany. The following year he was part of the coxless four that finished 10th overall after a fourth-place finish in the B final at the

1977 World Rowing Championships The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Medal summary About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed a ...

in Amsterdam. In 1978 along with John Beattie, David Townsend and Martin Cross he was a member of the British coxless four boat (coached by Tanner) which won the bronze medal in the

1978 World Rowing Championships The 1978 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 October to 5 November at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand. Twenty-eight countries were represented at the regatta. In the history of the World Ro ...

at Karipiro, New Zealand behind Russia and East Germany. The following year in 1979 he was a member of the British coxless four boat (again with Beattie, Townsend and Cross and coached by Tanner) which won the bronze medal in the

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at Bled, Yugoslavia behind East Germany and Czechoslovakia. In the 1980 Moscow Olympics John Beattie, David Townsend and Martin Cross he was a crew member of the British boat which won the bronze medal in the Olympic coxless fours event behind East Germany and Russia. Coached by David Tanner

Personal life

He is married to fellow GB rower Sue Handscomb.

References

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1957 births Living people English male rowers British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain People educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub