Alan Grover

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Alan Geoffrey Grover (born September 24, 1944 in Sydney - † May 12, 2019 ) was an Australian helmsman in rowing . In 1968 he won an Olympic silver medal with the Australian eighth .

Athletic career

The 1.67 m tall Alan Grover drove the four-man helmsman with Gary Herford , Alfred Duval , Ian Allen and John Campbell at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . The crew reached fourth place in the run-up and third place in the hope run. With a fourth place in the B final, the Australians took tenth place in the overall standings.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , the Australian eighth competed in the line-up of Alfred Duval, Michael Morgan , Joseph Fazio , Peter Dickson , David Douglas , John Ranch , Gary Pearce , Robert Shirlaw and Alan Grover. The Australians took second place behind the Germany eight and ahead of the boat from Czechoslovakia. In the hope race, the Australians won ahead of the boat from the USSR. In the final, the Germans won with about a second ahead of the Australians, another second behind the eighth from the Soviet Union won the bronze medal.

Four years later at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , the Australian eighth started with the line-up of John Clark , Michael Morgan, Bryan Curtin , Richard Curtin , Robert Paver , Kerry Jelbart , Gary Pearce, Malcom Shaw and Alan Grover. The Australians took fourth place behind the boats from the USSR, the Netherlands and the GDR. With a victory in the repechage, the Australians reached the semi-finals, where they finished fifth. In the B-final they reached second place and thus finished eighth overall.

Alan Grover was a member of the Sydney Rowing Club . From 1987 to 2012 he was an employee of the Australian Olympic Committee .

Web links

  • Alan Grover in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  • Obituary at rowingaustralia.com (accessed February 9, 2020)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 760f
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 127f
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 341f
personal data
SURNAME Grover, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grover, Alan Geoffrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian rower
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2019