John Thomson (rower)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1932[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Rowing Club Leander Club | ||||||||||||||
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John Peter McKay Thomson (1932 – 2019) was a male rower who competed for England.
Biography
Thomson won the Wyfold Challenge Cup as part of the Royal Engineers crew at the 1956 Henley Royal Regatta.[1]
He represented the England team[2][3] and won a bronze medal[4] in the eights event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6]
The eights crew consisted entirely of members of the Thames Rowing Club and who won the final of the Empire Games Trials from the 1st and 3rd Trinity Boat Club, Cambridge.[7]
References
- ^ a b "John Peter McKay Thomson (1932 – 2019)". Leander Club. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ^ "Pairs Shock at Henley". Sunday Express. 15 June 1958. p. 19. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rowing". The Scotsman. 23 July 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Rowing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "A History of St Catherine's Rowing 1875-1999". St Catherine's.