Richard Stanhope

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Richard Stanhope

Personal information
Born	(1957-04-27) 27 April 1957 (age 68) Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Sport
Club	Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames Royal Chester Liverpool University Boat Club [1]
Medal record Rowing Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Eight World Rowing Championships 1981 Munich Eight Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Eight

Richard Courtney Stanhope (born 27 April 1957) is a British retired rower.

Rowing career

Stanhope competed in four Olympic Games; the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Olympics he was a crew member of the British boat which won the silver medal in the 1980 Olympic eights event. ^[2] Four years later he and his partner John Beattie finished twelfth in the 1984 coxless pairs competition and at the 1988 Games he finished fourth with the British boat in the men's eight contest. His final Olympic appearance was in 1992 when he was part of the British boat which finished seventh in the coxless four event at the Barcelona Games.

He represented England and won a silver medal in the eight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

He married rower Rachel Hirst ^[5] on Saturday 10 October 1992 at St Lawrence's Church, Flaxton. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Richard is hoping for a stroke of genius". The Liverpool Echo. 18 June 1980.
2. "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
3. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. Chester Chronicle Friday 25 September 1992, page 30
6. Yorkshire Post Saturday 10 October 1992, page 22
7. Yorkshire Post Monday 19 October 1992, page 16