John Russell (rower)
{{Short description|British rower (1935–2019)}}
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John Michael Russell (3 August 1935 – 22 January 2019) was a British rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
Russell was born in Chiswick, London. In 1959, he won both the Wingfield Sculls and the Scullers Head of the River Race. In 1960, he was a crew member of the British coxed four which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the same year, he won both the Grand Challenge Cup and the Stewards Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
He represented England and won double Bronze in the coxed four and eights at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49628|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731181106/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49628|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}} Two years later, he won a silver medal in the coxless four at the 1964 Summer Olympics with Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry and John James.
Gallery
File:John M Russell rowing.jpg|John Michael Russell (stroke)
File:John M Russell Single Scull.jpg|On the way to winning Scullers Head of the River Race in 1959
File:John Michael Russell Wingfield Sculls.png|Russell after winning the Wingfield Sculls in 1960
File:John M Russell HRR Stewards Cup.png|Russell winning the Stewards Challenge Cup in 1960]
File:John M Russell HRR Grand Challenge Cup.png|Russell winning the Grand Challenge Cup in 1960
File:John M Russell Henley.jpg|John Michael Russell (left)
References
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Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Category:Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games