John Roberts (rower)

For other people named John Roberts, see John Roberts (disambiguation).

John Roberts

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1953-12-22) 22 December 1953 (age 71)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Thames Tradesmen's RC
Medal record Men's rowing Representing   Great Britain World Rowing Championships 1977 Amsterdam 1978 Karipero Coxless pair

John Roberts (born 22 December 1953) is a retired British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. ^[1] Roberts was part of the coxless pair with Jim Clark that won a silver medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam ^[2] and in Karapiro 1978. At the 1980 Olympic Games he was selected by Great Britain to row in the men's coxed four, the crew finished in seventh place. ^[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Roberts Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
2. Railton, Jim (29 August 1977). "Rowing". The Times. p. 11 – via Times Digital Archives.
3. "John Roberts". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

• John Roberts at World Rowing
• John Roberts at Olympics.com
• John Roberts at Team GB
• John Roberts at Olympedia