Peter Waddington (rower)

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Peter Waddington
Personal information
Full namePeter Roland Waddington
NationalityAustralian
Born(1937-01-13)13 January 1937
Sydney, Australia
Died24 June 2022(2022-06-24) (aged 85)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Leichhardt Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Coxed four Rome 1960
National finals King's Cup 1959–60
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1958 Cardiff Men's eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1958 Cardiff Men's four

Peter Roland Waddington (13 January 1937 - 24 June 2022) was an Australian former representative rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics [1] and won two medals at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

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Club and state rowing

Waddington took up rowing at Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) where he was educated from 1949-1954.Death Notice Shore alumni His senior club rowing was in Sydney from the Leichhardt Rowing Club. [2]

Waddington's first state selection was as a reserve in the 1956 New South Wales state representative men's senior eights contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He rowed in the 1959 and 1960 New South Wales King's Cup eights stroking the 1959 NSW eight crew to victory. [2]

International representative rowing

Selection racing for the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games was conducted in January 1958 and New South Wales oarsmen and combinations dominated. The New South Wales eight was selected in toto to race as the Australian eight with Waddington in the six seat. In Cardiff the eight rowed to a silver medal and four of the crew with Waddington seated at three also raced as a coxed four and took a bronze medal. [3] [4]

For the 1960 Rome Olympics the Australian eight was the winning King's Cup West Australian eight. A coxed four was selected as the fourth priority boat and a New South Wales four was picked with Waddington in the three seat. In Rome they were the only Australian crew to make the Olympic final and finished in fifth place. [5]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Waddington Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Waddington Profile at Austn Rowing History
  3. 1958 Commonwealth Games
  4. "Commonwealth Games results". Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.
  5. "1960 Olympics". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.