John Beattie (rower)

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John Beattie
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1957-04-09) 9 April 1957 (age 66)
Ealing, London
Sport
Club London RC
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Moscow Coxless four
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Karapiro Coxless four

John M. Beattie (born 9 April 1957) is a British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rowing career

In 1975, Beattie along with Ian McNuff, Robin Roberts and Martin Cross was a crew member of the Ealing High Schools coxless fours boat coached by their History Teacher David Tanner (later Sir David Tanner CBE) which won the silver medal at the World Junior Rowing Championships for Great Britain in Montreal behind East Germany and in front of West Germany. The following year he was part of the coxless four that finished 10th overall after a fourth-place finish in the B final at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. [1]

In 1978, along with McNuff, David Townsend and Martin Cross he was a member of the British coxless four boat (coached by Tanner) which won the bronze medal in the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Karipiro, New Zealand behind Russia and East Germany. The following year in 1979 he was a member of the British coxless four boat (again with Beattie, Townsend and Cross and coached by Tanner) which won the bronze medal in the 1979 World Rowing Championships at Bled, Yugoslavia behind East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

In the 1980 Moscow Olympics Ian McNuff, David Townsend and Martin Cross he was a crew member of the British boat which won the bronze medal in the Olympic coxless fours event behind East Germany and Russia. Coached by David Tanner.

Four years later he and his partner Richard Stanhope finished twelfth in the 1984 coxless pairs competition.

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References

  1. Railton, Jim (29 August 1977). "Rowing". The Times. p. 11 via Times Digital Archives.