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Birth name | Geoffrey Glascott Houghton Page | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | 4 April 1929 Surrey | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 01 April 2002 (aged 72) London | |||||||||||||||||
Education | St Pauls' School, London | |||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Slade School of Art, University of London | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Artist, teacher, rowing coach, rowing journalist | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Partner | Paddy Page | |||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Glascott Houghton Page (1929-2002), was a male rower who competed for England.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the eights and a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. [1] [2] He was a member of the University College London and Thames Rowing Club.
He coached at University College School, University College Dublin and Thames RC. [3]
Born April 4, 1929. Son of James H (Freddie) Page. Married Patricia (Paddy) Page in 1951. 3 daughters, Shelley, Kim and Fenella. In 1965 he became a journalist for the Sunday Telegraph and then The Daily Telegraph. [3]
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