Adrian Calero Monger (6 December 1932 – 10 July 2016) was an Australian

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. He was twice Australian national champion and competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the men's eight.

Club and state rowing

Monger was educated at

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where he took up rowing. As a resident at

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at Melbourne University he became involved with the Melbourne University Boat Club. Later he rowed from the

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in Melbourne. . He first made state selection for Victoria in 1954 in the men's eight contesting the

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at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta. He rowed in further Victorian King's Cup eights in 1955 and 1956, and those crews were victorious in 1954 and 1956.

International representative rowing

In 1956 for the

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the winning Kings Cup Victorian eight was selected as the Australian men's eight excepting for the 3-man – Benfield from New South Wales. Monger rowed in the seven seat in the thrilling final where the Australian eight took it to the US and Canadian crews and came away with a bronze medal.Monger at World Rowing
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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monger, Adrian 1932 births 2016 deaths Australian male rowers Olympic rowers of Australia Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics