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Paul Massey (rower)
Paul Mackintosh Orgill Massey (12 March 1926 – 21 October 2009) was a Great Britain, British Rowing (sport), rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1948 Massey was a crew member of the British boat which won the silver medal in the eights. Four years later he finished fourth with the British boat in the Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four, coxed fours competition. In 1949 and 1950, he was a member of the victorious Cambridge University Boat Club, Cambridge crew in the Boat Race. A mountain, Massey Heights, is named after him in Antarctica, and he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. See also *List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews External links Paul Massey's profile at Sports Reference.comPaul Massey's obituary 1926 births 2009 deaths British male rowers Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1952 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The Summer Olympics
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement. Summary Events At the 2016 and other recent Olympics, the following 14 events were contested: *Men: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight. *Lightweight Men: Double sculls, Coxless four *Women: Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |