Bob Tinning
Robert "Bob" Noel Patrick Tinning (born December 25, 1925 in Sydney , † May 19, 2001 ) was an Australian rower . In 1952 he was Olympic third with the Australian eighth .
Athletic career
In 1950 the rower from the Murray Bridge Rowing Club won the British Empire Games in Auckland with the Australian eight .
Two years later, the Australian eighth in the line-up Bob Tinning, Ernest Chapman , Nimrod Greenwood , Mervyn Finlay , Edward Pain , Phil Cayzer , Tom Chessell , David Anderson and helmsman Geoff Williamson at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. In the first run, the Australians took second place behind the Yugoslavs. In the second semifinals they reached the finish line third behind the boats from the United States and the Soviet Union, but were able to prevail as the winner of the first run of hope against the Yugoslavs. In the final, the boat from the United States won ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union and the Australians in the semifinals.
Web links
- Bob Tinning in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Entry in the Commonwealth Games , accessed on January 21, 2020
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 270f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tinning, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tinning, Robert Noel Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 2001 |