Harold Neil Hewitt (born 2 September 1938) is an Australian former representative

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

Club and state rowing

His senior rowing was with the

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in Melbourne. . He coxed the Mercantile men's senior eights which won the Victorian state championships in 1955 and 1956 and won the Tasmanian state championship in 1956. In 1956 he also coxed a Mercantile four to a state championship title. He first made state selection for Victoria in 1955 in the men's eight contesting the

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at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta. He was also in the stern of the 1956 Victorian King's Cup eight and steered that crew to victory.

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 seat – Benfield from New South Wales. Hewitt steered the Australian eight in their Olympic campaign to a thrilling final where the Australian eight took it to the US and Canadian crews and came away with a bronze medal.Hewitt at World Rowing
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Harold 1938 births Living people Australian male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)