John Wilson (rower)

John "Jack" Hyrne Tucker Wilson (born September 17, 1914 in Bristol , Rhode Island , † February 16, 1997 in the county of Devon ), was a British rower . He was successful with the two without a helmsman and became Olympic champion in this discipline in 1948.

Wilson was born in the United States and first went to school in Texas before joining Shrewsbury School in 1924 . He studied at Pembroke College , Cambridge . Between 1934 and 1936 he won the Boat Race three times with the eighth of Cambridge, and Ran Laurie from Selwyn College was also in the boat . After completing his studies, Wilson went into civil service. The 1936 Olympic Games missed Wilson, because he already the Sudan Government Service worked. Laurie followed him to Sudan a year later. In 1938 both took vacation to the Henley Royal Regatta , where they won in two without a helmsman, although their training opportunities in Sudan were rather limited. Ten years later, the two competed again in Henley and won convincingly. They were then nominated for the 1948 Olympic Regatta , which also took place in Henley. After victories in the preliminaries and in the semi-finals, they won in the final in front of the boats from Switzerland and Italy.

1954 Wilson left the colonial service and took a position at British Steel .

Web links

• John Wilson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait on the side of the River and Rowing Museum

Footnotes

1. ↑ : Journal of Olympic History, Volume 5 No.2