Russell Dempster Carver (born 1934), is a male former rower who competed for England.
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 Kenya | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowing career
editHe represented England and won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]
He rowed for Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College Boat Club and rowed against Oxford in the 1958 boat race.
Personal life
editHis father Humphrey Roberton Carver also rowed for Cambridge in the 1922 and 1925 races respectively. Russell was born in late 1934 in Kenya, because his father was a civil servant working there at the time. The family moved back to England in 1935 to live at Boldre Bridge House, Lymington, Hampshire.
References
edit- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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