Joseph Wright Jr. (rower)

{{Short description|Canadian rower}}

{{Other people|Joseph Wright|Joseph Wright (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Wright}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Joseph Wright Jr.

| image = Joseph Wright (rower) 1928.jpg

| image_size = 270px

| caption = Joseph Wright at the 1928 Olympics

| fullname = Joseph George Harris Wright Jr.

| birth_date = March 28, 1906

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = June 7, 1981 (aged 75)

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| module = {{Infobox person

| name = no

| child = yes

| relatives = Joseph Wright Sr. (father)

}}

| height =

| weight =

| sport = Rowing

| club = Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto

| alma_mater =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam|Double sculls}}

}}

Joseph George Harris Wright Jr. (March 28, 1906 – June 7, 1981) was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955. Joe Wright Jr,. and his father, Joe Wright Sr., are among the most decorated and celebrated members of the Argonaut Rowing Club all time.

In 1928 he became Canadian (CAAO) and US (NAAO) single sculls champion and only the second Canadian to win the coveted Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Annual Henley Royal Regatta.{{Cite web |title={{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=341&lang=EN |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=www.sportshall.ca}} He won the Olympic silver medal with his partner Jack Guest in the double sculls competition. He also competed in the single sculls event and finished fifth after being eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Four years later he was the only rower who did not reach the final in the single sculls competition. His athletic career included playing football for the Toronto Argonauts football club (founded in 1873 by the Argonaut Rowing Club), he played centre (snap) from 1924 to 1936 and won the Grey Cup in 1933.{{Cite web |title={{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=341&lang=EN |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=www.sportshall.ca}}

He was coached by his father Joseph Wright Sr., who won a silver medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics as a member of a Canadian eights crew.