David Rollo Anderson (born 8 April 1932) is an Australian rower who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, the

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and in the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

Club and state rowing

Anderson attended Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1948. Both

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and

Edward Pain Edward Oscar Guthrie "Ted" Pain (15 July 1925 – 6 January 2000) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Pain attended Sydney Boys High School from 1938 to 1943, graduating three years ahead of Nimrod Greenwood a ...

, who were in the Australian eight at the

with Anderson, also attended Sydney High. Anderson did his senior rowing at the

Leichhardt Rowing Club Leichhardt Rowing Club formed in 1886 is one of the oldest rowing clubs in Sydney, Australia. The clubhouse has occupied sites on Port Jackson's, Iron Cove at Leichhardt, New South Wales, Leichhardt since 1886. Leichhardt is an all-level competiti ...

in Sydney. The Guerin-Foster Rowing History site quotes the Leichhardt Centennial History of 1986 wherein Anderson is referred to as the most prominent interstate and international Leichhardt rower up until 1986. In eight consecutive seasons from 1950 to 1957 he was selected in the New South Wales state eight which contested the

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at the Australian Rowing Championships. The New South Wales crew were national champions in 1950 and 1951 and were selected in toto as the Olympic representative eight for 1952.

International representative rowing

In 1952 he was in the four seat of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event at the

Helsinki Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

.Anderson at Australian Rowing History
/ref> Four years later at 1956 Melbourne he stroked Australia's coxless four which was eliminated in the semi-final stage of that competition. In the interim, for the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ...

in Vancouver as was customary, that year's winning King's Cup eight - Victoria - were invited to represent as the Australian crew. They declined citing concerns on funding and the racing standard and so a squad was selected which comprised three New South Wales scullers in

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, Evatt and

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and two sweep oarsmen from the New South Wales eight -

Geoff Williamson Geoffrey Williamson (10 July 1923 – 17 September 2009) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. His senior rowing was done from the Leichhardt Rowing Club Leichhardt Rowing Club f ...

and Anderson. The squad were able to contest the single and double scull, a pair and coxed four. Anderson and Williamson won bronze rowing as the coxless pair and then with the two scullers Wood and Evatt up the bow end, they won gold as a coxed four steered by Anderson's Leichhardt club coxswain Lionel Robberds.

Personal

Anderson is the father of Wendy Laidlaw, who competed in the Australian women's basketball team at the 1984 Olympic Games held in

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.Anderson, David and Laidlaw, Wendy
National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

References

External links

Leichhardt History at Guerin-Foster
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, David 1932 births Possibly living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)