Paul Bircher
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1948 London | Eights |
Ernest Augustus Paul Bircher (born 11 December 1928) is a former British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Bircher was born at Kensington, London. He was educated at Radley College and Christ's College, Cambridge[1] and in 1948, he was a member of the victorious Cambridge crew in the Boat Race. Most of the Cambridge crew of 1948 also rowed for Leander Club at Henley Royal Regatta. The Leander eight were selected to row for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.[2] Bircher was in the winning Cambridge crews in the 1949 and 1950 Boat Races. In 1953 he was a member of the Leander Club crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
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- 1928 births
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- English rowers
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- Cambridge University Boat Club rowers
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- Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain
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- Olympic medalists in rowing
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