Stewart Farquharson

{{Short description|British rower (born 1940)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

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| name = Stewart Farquharson

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| nationality = British

| sport = Rowing

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|4|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Amersham, England

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{{MedalSport | Rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Perth | coxless pair}}

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Stewart Farquharson (born 27 April 1940) is a British rower. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/stewart-farquharson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/stewart-farquharson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Stewart Farquharson Olympic Results |access-date=12 August 2018}} He represented Britain in the inaugural 1962 World Rowing Championships with David Lee Nicholson in the coxless pairs, in which they won the B final.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50553642/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=98b05624|title=From Our Rowing Correspondent. "Ivanov Overhauls Tiring Mackenzie In Sculls." Times, 10 Sept. 1962, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archives}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51602214/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d3932028|title=FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT. "British Team All Report Fit." Times, 6 Sept. 1962, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archives}}

He also represented England and won a gold medal in the coxless pair with David Lee Nicholson, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. They both rowed for the University of London Boat Club at the time.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67593084/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b7d9f0b7|title=From Our Special Correspondent. "English Crews Excel In Rowing Finals." Times, 28 Nov. 1962, p. 4.|work=The Times Digital Archive}}