Russell Carver
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 (age 90–91) Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | First and Third Trinity Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Russell Dempster Carver (born 1934), is a male former rower who competed for England.
Biography
He represented the England team[1][2] and won a bronze medal[3] in the single sculls event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[4][5]
He rowed for Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College Boat Club and rowed against Oxford in the 1958 boat race.
His 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
- ^ "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.