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Ross Blomfield is a retired New Zealand rower. He won a bronze medal with the men's eight at the 1974 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. [1]
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Ross Blomfield is a retired New Zealand rower. He won a bronze medal with the men's eight at the 1974 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. [1]
Brett Hayman is an Australian three time world champion, a dual Olympian and an Australian national champion rowing coxswain. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics steering the Australian men's eight. He coxed Australian crews at every premier world rowing regatta from 1993 to 2000.
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