Robert Shirlaw
Robert "Bob" Alan Shirlaw (born April 9, 1943 in Sydney ) is a former Australian rower . In 1968 he won an Olympic silver medal with the Australian eighth .
Athletic career
In 1964 Shirlaw took part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Roger Ninham . The two took third place in the two without a helmsman in the preliminary, in the repechage and in the B final. Ninham and Shirlaw won the Australian Championships in 1964 and 1966 as members of the Mosman Rowing Club .
Four years later, the Australian eighth competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in the line-up of Alfred Duval , Michael Morgan , Joseph Fazio , Peter Dickson , David Douglas , John Ranch , Gary Pearce , Robert Shirlaw and helmsman 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.
After his active career, Shirlaw was a rowing trainer at Australian schools.
Web links
- Robert Shirlaw in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 759
- ↑ Australian Rowing Championships 1964 on rowinghistory-aus.info
- ↑ Australian Rowing Championships 1966 on rowinghistory-aus.info
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Robert Shirlaw on mosmanwowing.com.au (accessed December 3, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shirlaw, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shirlaw, Robert Alan (full name); Shirlaw, Bob (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |