Christopher Drury

Christopher Drury (* 22. June 1952 ) is a former British lightweight - rowers who won two world titles.

Athletic career

The 1.78 m tall Christopher Drury took seventh place in the lightweight four without a helmsman at the 1974 World Championships together with Graeme Hall , Nicholas Tee and Daniel Topolski . In the following year, the British won the silver medal at the 1975 World Championships behind the French in the same line-up . In 1976 Hall and Drury switched to the lightweight eighth , who rowed the silver medal behind the German boat at the 1976 World Championships .

At the world championships in 1977 and 1978 , the British lightweight eight won, in 1979 , the crew reached the fifth place. In the 1980s, Drury took part twice as an active in world championships. In 1982 he finished sixth with the lightweight eight, in 1985 , like eleven years earlier, he was seventh in the lightweight four without a helmsman.

Christopher Drury initially rowed for the London Rowing Club , to which he belonged from 1966 to 1987, after which he rowed for the Upper Thames Rowing Club . From 1967, then still as a helmsman, until 1996, Drury took part with heats in 85 races of the Henley Royal Regatta , of which he won 55. He contested most of the races in Henley, with Guy Nickalls winning the most . After his active career, Drury became a rowing referee, the high point of his referee career was the 2012 Olympic Regatta .

Web links

• Christopher Drury at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Royal Regatta Record Breaker (article from June 26, 2017 in Henley Standard, accessed May 16, 2020)