Peter Rudge
{{Short description|British rowing cox}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}
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Peter Rudge (born 21 October 1981) is a British former rowing cox.
Career
Rudge began rowing in 1994 at The King's School, Chester.{{cite web |title=Peter Rudge |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/14004/rudge-peter |website=World Rowing |accessdate=4 November 2018}} He read Theology at Durham University, where he competed for the university boat club, and graduated in 2003.{{cite journal |title=News |journal=Durham First |date=Autumn 2001 |issue=14 |page=21}}{{cite web |title=World Championships, Milan |url=http://www.dubc.co.uk/|website=Durham University Boat Club |access-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810095315/http://www.dubc.co.uk/ |archive-date=10 August 2003 |date=29 August 2003}}
Selected for the Great Britain senior squad as an undergraduate, Rudge won bronze as part of the British Coxed Four at the 2001 World Championships, and took silver at the 2003 World Championships in the same event.
He continued his studies at Hughes Hall, Cambridge and represented Cambridge in the 2005 Boat Race and the 2006 race.{{cite web |last1=Quarrell |first1=Rachel |title=Williams hopes to sign off in style |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/2356050/Williams-hopes-to-sign-off-in-style.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=4 November 2018 |date=1 March 2005}}{{cite web |title=Battle of the coxes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/rowing/4864042.stm |website=BBC News |accessdate=4 November 2018 |date=31 March 2006}}
References
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Category:Durham University Boat Club rowers
Category:Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Category:Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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