Murdoch Dryden

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Murdoch Dryden
Relatives Alistair Dryden (father)
Jim Dryden (grandfather)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubAuckland Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Tampere, Finland Coxed four

Murdoch Dryden is a New Zealand rower. [1] Dryden is the son of New Zealand Olympic rower Alistair Dryden and grandson of New Zealand amateur wrestling champion and Empire Games silver medallist Jim Dryden. [2]

At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, Dryden won a silver medal in the coxed four, with Chris White, Andrew Matheson, Chris McAsey, and Michael Whittaker as cox. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Murdoch Dryden". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 2 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Irvine, Peter (5 May 2011). "Older rowers pull their weight at Lake Rotoroa regatta". Wanganui Chronicle . p. A11. Retrieved 7 June 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Men's Coxed Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "World Championship medallists". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)