Bertram Bushnell

Bertram "Bert" Herbert Thomas Bushnell (born September 3, 1921 in Wargrave , Berkshire ; † January 9, 2010 in Reading , Berkshire) was a British rower and Olympic champion in double sculls .

Bushnell came from a family of boat builders who owned a shipyard in Wargrave and a branch in Henley-on-Thames . So that Bertram Bushnell did not come into conflict with the amateur paragraph in his rowing career, he did not work in his parents' business, but worked as an engineer in another boat company. During the Second World War he worked on torpedo boats. After the end of the war, the member of the Leander Club returned to the regatta course and in 1947 won the single race for the Wingfield Sculls. In 1948 Bertram Bushnell competed with Richard Burnell in a double scull at the Olympic Games , the regatta was held on the Thames in Henley-on-Thames. In the run-up, the two British were subject to the French boat, but they were able to qualify for the semi-finals via the hope run. In the semifinals, the British won in front of the boats from the United States and Belgium, while the French were defeated in the third semifinal against the crew from Uruguay. In the final, the British won four seconds ahead of the Danes, while the bronze went to the Uruguayans.

Bushnell ended his sporting career after winning the Olympic Games and founded his own boat company in 1951. In later years his company had a fleet of fifty rental boats.

Web links

• Bertram Bushnell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )