John Fage (rower)

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John Fage
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English/Welsh)
Born1935 (age 89–90)
Wirral, Cheshire, England
Alma mater St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
The Boat Race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg The Boat Race 1959 Oxford
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg The Boat Race 1958 Oxford
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Cardiff 1958 men's coxless four

John Lawton Fage (born 1935) [1] is a former rower, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Fage attended Wrekin College and studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. [2] and competed in the 1958 and 1959 Boat Races for Oxford, and was a member of the winners' team in the latter. [3]

In 1958, his family home was Ty Newydd Hotel in Aberdaron and he was selected for the 1958 Welsh team [4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the coxless fours [5] and won the bronze medal. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Dark blues" . The Sphere. 5 April 1958. p. 19. Retrieved 3 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Brothers team up" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 3 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Newham, C. E. (1958). The Official History of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Organising Committee of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
  5. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Games Results for J.L. Fage". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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