John Roberts (born 22 December 1953) is a retired British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] Roberts was part of the coxless pair with Jim Clark that won a silver medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam[2] and in Karapiro 1978. At the 1980 Olympic Games he was selected by Great Britain to row in the men's coxed four, the crew finished in seventh place.[3]
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Tradesmen's RC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Roberts Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Railton, Jim (29 August 1977). "Rowing". The Times. p. 11 – via Times Digital Archives.
- ↑ "John Roberts". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
External links
edit- John Roberts at World Rowing
- John Roberts at Olympics.com
- John Roberts at Team GB
- John Roberts at Olympedia
- John Roberts at InterSportStats
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