Alf Duval

Alf Duval
Full name	Alfred Walter Duval
nation	Australia
birthday	July 1, 1941
place of birth	Sydney, Australia
size	190 cm
Weight	91 kg
Career
society	Sydney Rowing Club
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver 1968 Mexico City Eighth

Alfred "Alf" Walter Duval (born July 1, 1941 in Sydney ) is a former Australian rower . He took part in the Summer Olympics in 1964 and 1968 . He was also a participant in the 1966 World Championships in Bled.

National career

Duval attended St. Joseph's College in Hunters Hill, where he also began rowing.

After school, he rowed at the Sydney Rowing Club . From 1962 to 1969 he was in the boat of the state of New South Wales for eight years . He competed with his team in the Interstate Regatta and won them in 1965 and 1967. At the Australian rowing championships in 1966 he won the title of four with helmsman with his crew John Ranch, Chris Stevens, Peter Dickson and helmsman Brian Thomas .

International career

• At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , he sat in a four-man with a helmsman in the bow.
• The Australian team finished 10th at the 1966 World Championships in Bled . He took part in the four with a helmsman.
• At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , he sat in the Australian eighth and achieved the silver medal.

After his career he became a coach. He helped found the rowing program at Varsity College in Gold Coast , Queensland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait of Alf Duval. In: www.olympedia.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
2. ^ Result at the National Championships. In: www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
3. ^ Result at the Olympic Games in Toyko. In: www.olympedia.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ Result of the World Championships 1966. In: web.archive.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
5. ^ Result at the Olympic Games 1968. In: www.olympedia.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .