Wade Hall-Craggs

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Wade Hall-Craggs
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Birth nameOliver Wade Hall-Craggs
Born (1966-01-09) 9 January 1966 (age 58)
Newbury, West Berkshire, England
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Country United Kingdom
SportRowing

Oliver Wade Hall-Craggs (born 9 January 1966) is a British rower and Olympic sculler. He is the former head coach at Durham University Boat Club, a position he held between 2000 -2021, in this time he mainly coached the heavy-weight men. He represented Great Britain in the single scull event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now coaching at St Peter's College Adelaide, Australia's leading school rowing program, and the winners of the Barrington Cup in 2021 [1]

Hall-Craggs read archaeology at Grey College, Durham (1985-1988). [2]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wade Hall-Craggs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Rowing boost for Durham as Olympian returns". Durham University (via Internet Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on 28 November 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2019.