Glen Mervyn
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Glen Alexander Mervyn (February 17, 1937 – March 18, 2000) was a Canadian rower, Olympic medalist and Olympic coach. He won Canada's only medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics and coached the Canadian National Rowing Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Vancouver. Mervyn was a member of the UBC/VRC eights team that won the gold medal at the 1958 British Empire Games in Wales. He was also with the eights team that competed at the Pan American Games in 1959. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, he was the stroke (Captain) of the Canadian boat that won the silver medal in the eights event. This was the only medal the Canadians won that year. Glen coached the Canadian National team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where two of his rowers won a gold medal in the pairs event.
He graduated from University of British Columbia and Harvard University.
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/glen-mervyn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013085805/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/glen-mervyn-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012|title=Glen Mervyn Biography and Olympic Results - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=13 October 2012|accessdate=30 December 2017}}
- {{cite web|url=http://vernonmuseum.ca/vernon-hall-of-fame/hof_rowing.html|title=Vernon Museum and Archives|website=Vernonmuseum.ca|accessdate=30 December 2017}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_62b546d0-f654-11e3-a5c0-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Kelowna's greatest hockey team among inductees in sports hall of fame|first=Ron|last=Seymour|website=Kelownadailycourier.ca|date=17 June 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2017}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/sports/news/Sports/15/11/19/Central_Okanagan_Sports_Hall_Of_Fame_Welcomes_New_Inductees/|title=Central Okanagan Sports Hall Of Fame Welcomes New Inductees|website=Kelownanow.com|accessdate=30 December 2017}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/Local_News/14/11/20/Local_Athletes_Inducted_into_Okanagan_Sports_Hall_of_Fame/|title=Local Athletes Inducted into Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame|website=Kelownanow.com|accessdate=30 December 2017 |author1=Kelownanow }}
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Category:Olympic rowers for Canada
Category:Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games medalists in rowing
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:University of British Columbia alumni
Category:Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
Category:Rowers at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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