Peter Guest

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Peter Guest
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Full namePeter John Guest
NationalityAustralian
Born (1938-02-14) 14 February 1938 (age 86)
Victoria, Australia
Sport
Sport Rowing

Peter John Guest (born 14 February 1938) is an Australian former representative rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Early rowing

Guest was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne where he took up rowing. He rowed in the Wesley senior eight in both of his senior years at the school - 1954 and 1955. [2] He did not initially pursue rowing after school but after seeing the success which his younger brother Paul was having at the Melbourne University Boat Club, he again took up the sport and joined the MUBC. [2]

Guest was selected as an emergency in 1960 for the Victorian men's senior eight which contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta but he did not race. [3]

Given the selection vagaries of the time and the fact that Australian Rowing Championships did not start till 1962, Guest enjoys a rare distinction of having rowed for Australia without having rowed for his state nor having ever won any national nor university championship title. His brother Paul also rowed at the 1960 Rome Olympics and went on to row at both Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968.

International representative rowing

For the 1960 Rome Olympics a Victorian coxless four was selected as the 7th and last priority boat and wholly on the basis of self-funding. Guest was picked in the two seat of that crew with the others coming from various Melbourne clubs - Peter Gillon, Brian Vear and Kim Jelbart (albeit that Jelbart and Gillon rowed at varsity level at the MUBC). The lack of coaching support provided to the team by the Australian Olympic Federation proved to be an issue. The four was eliminated at the repechage stage and there was no B final. [4]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Guest Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Guest Profile at Austn Rowing History
  3. 1960 Interstate Regatta.
  4. 1960 Olympics at Australian Rowing History