Rorie Henderson

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Rorie Henderson
Personal information
Full nameRorie Graham Farquharson Henderson
Nationality British
BornDecember 1959 [1]
Sport
Club Lea RC
Bedford RC
Leander Club

Rorie Graham Farquharson Henderson (born 1959) is a former British rower who was a National champion and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley and the Wingfield Sculls.

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Rowing career

Henderson was part of the double sculls crew, with Julian Scrivener that won the national title rowing for Lea Rowing Club, at the 1987 National Rowing Championships. [2]

He was a member of the unplaced British quad scull at the 1989 World Rowing Championships. In 1990 he won the Wingfield Sculls. [3] He competed at the World Championships in 1991 in the Double scull partnering Guy Pooley. [4] In 1992 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta over Australian Paul Reedy [5] after a hard-fought semi-final [6]

Personal life

Henderson joined Salmon Developments in 1993 and became acting Managing Director from 2001 to 2006 and a Director of the company. [7]

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References

  1. "Director profile". Companies House.
  2. "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
  3. Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
  4. Rorie Henderson at World Rowing (archived)
  5. Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003
  6. Hugh Matheson, "Rowing: Henderson's personal best", The Independent on Sunday, 5 July 1992.
  7. Salmon Developments – meet the directors