Thomas Bishop (rower)

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Thomas Bishop
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NationalityBritish
Born (1947-04-08) 8 April 1947 (age 76)
Portsmouth
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Durham University BC
Durham ARC

Thomas J A Bishop (born 8 April 1947) is a British rower who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Rowing career

Bishop won a silver medal rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club in the men's double sculls with Geoff Potts at the 1972 British Rowing Championships. [2] As a student, he also competed for Durham University Boat Club and was the second former member of the club to be selected to represent Great Britain. [3] [4]

He was selected by Great Britain as part of the quad sculls at the 1975 World Rowing Championships, the quad finished in sixth place in the A final. [5] At the 1976 Olympic Games he rowed as part of the men's quadruple sculls with Andrew Justice, Mark Hayter and Allan Whitwell, the crew finished in ninth place. [6]

Personal life

He married fellow international rower Diana Bishop. [6]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Bishop Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ""Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  3. "Boats". Palatinate . No. 241. 29 January 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. "Rowing: Special centenary events". The Times . 9 February 1977. p. 10.
  5. Railton, Jim (1 September 1975). "Rowing". The Times. p. 7 via Times Digital Archives.
  6. 1 2 "Tom Bishop". Olympedia.