John Walker (rowing)
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1912 Stockholm | Eight |
John Drummond Walker (4 January 1891 – 22 July 1952) was a British rowing coxswain who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Walker was born in Oxford, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker, senior tutor of The Queen's College, Oxford, and his wife Gertrude May Hamilton. He was educated at New College, Oxford.
Walker was the coxswain of the New College eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 1918, Walker was in the Naval Sea Transport Branch, Ministry of Shipping, when he was awarded the MBE.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Walker". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – John Walker
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 January, 1918
External links
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- John Walker at World Rowing
- John Walker at Olympics.com
- John Walker at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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