Don Elliot (rower)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1929 (age 95–96) Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Donald 'Don' S S Elliot (born 1929), is a male former rower who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Elliot represented the England team[1][2] and won a bronze medal[3] in the eights event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[4][5]
He rowed at stroke for the eights crew, which 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.[6]
His son Graham Elliot was captain of the St Catherine's College Boat Club.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "A History of St Catherine's Rowing 1875-1999". St Catherine's.
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