Bruce Culpan
{{Short description|New Zealand rower (1930–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
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| fullname = Bruce Ewen Culpan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|06|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|08|24|1930|06|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Cambridge, New Zealand
| education = Mount Albert Grammar School
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| occupation = Pharmacy owner
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| country = New Zealand
| sport = Rowing
| club = West End Rowing Club
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1950 Auckland| Eight}}
{{MedalSilver| 1954 Vancouver| Coxed four}}
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Bruce Ewen Culpan (16 June 1930 – 24 August 2021) was a New Zealand rower who won silver medals representing his country at the 1950 British Empire Games and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Early life
Born in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay on 16 June 1930, Culpan was the son of Hector Cleve Culpan and Olive Maud Culpan (née Cameron).{{cite news |url=https://deaths.waikatotimes.co.nz/obituaries/waikato-times-nz/obituary.aspx?n=bruce-culpan&pid=199945307 |title=Bruce Culpan death notice |date=28 August 2021 |work=Waikato Times |access-date=29 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300621.2.39.1 |title=Births |date=21 June 1930 |work=The Sun |page=3 |volume=4 |issue=1004 |access-date=29 August 2021}}
Rowing
At the 1950 British Empire Games, Culpan won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Thomas Engel, Grahame Jarratt, Don Rowlands, Edwin Smith and Bill Tinnock. At the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, he was the stroke seat of the men's coxed four that won another silver medal.{{cite web|title=Bruce Culpan|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/bruce-culpan|publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee|access-date=8 September 2016}}
Family and death
Culpan died in Cambridge on 24 August 2021, aged 91. His wife had died before him.
References
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{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
{{1954 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand male rowers
Category:Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
Category:Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games