Graeme F Hall (born 1946) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain.

Rowing career

Hall rowed for

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in 1967 before going to Cambridge University and rowing stroke for the winning Goldie crew (Cambridge reserve boat) at

The Boat Race 1967 The 113th Boat Race took place on 25 March 1967. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race was won by Oxford by three-and-a-quarter-lengt ...

. The following year he rowed stroke when representing the

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and won with the Cambridge crew stopping Oxford from winning a fourth consecutive race. Hall then won the main race for a second time the following year when Cambridge beat Oxford in

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. He became a British champion in 1972 when winning the eights at the

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. he participated in the

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, competing in the lightweight coxless four event. The crew selected from the

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finished in seventh place overall after winning the B final. In 1975 as part of the lightweight four with

Nicholas Tee Nicholas David Capon Tee (born third quarter of 1949 in Pontypridd), an alumnus of Balliol College, Oxford, is a retired British international rower. Rowing career Tee participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, competing in ...

Christopher Drury Christopher Mark Drury (born 22 June 1952) is a retired British international lightweight rower. Rowing career Drury participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, competing in the lightweight coxless four event. The crew sele ...

and

Daniel Topolski Daniel "Dan" Topolski (4 June 1945 – 21 February 2015) was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. He studied at the University of Oxford where he represented the Blue boat twice, in 1967 and 1968. In 1977, he w ...

they won a silver medal for Great Britain at the

1975 World Rowing Championships The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England. Medal summary Medalists at the 1975 World Rowing Champions ...

in Nottingham. The following year he was part of the lightweight eight that secured a silver medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in

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, Austria.

References

1946 births Living people British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub