Robert Edward "Bob" Page ( 14 September 1936 – 14 April 1991) was a New Zealand rowing cox. At the

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he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members

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, Darien Boswell,

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, Alistair Dryden, Alan Grey, Christian Larsen, Louis Lobel and Alan Webster. After having received an invitation to the

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, he won the inaugural Prince Philip Challenge Cup regatta in 1963 in

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. That year, the Henley regatta was regarded as the event that came closest to a world championship. Darien Boswell, Peter Masfen,

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, and Alistair Dryden made up the rowers, and Page was the cox. The same coxed four team then went to the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, where they placed eighth. At the

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he was part of the men's eight that came fourth in the final. Page died on 14 April 1991, and was cremated at Purewa Crematorium in

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1936 births 1991 deaths New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Rowers from Auckland Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub