Russell Dempster Carver (born 1934), is a male former rower who competed for England.

Rowing career

He represented England and won a

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in the single sculls at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...

in Cardiff, Wales. He rowed for Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College Boat Club and rowed against Oxford in the 1958 boat race.

Personal life

His father Humphrey Roberton Carver also rowed for Cambridge in the

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and 1925 races respectively. Russell was born in late 1934 in Kenya, because his father was a civil servant working there at the time. The family moved back to England in 1935 to live at Boldre Bridge House, Lymington, Hampshire.

References

1934 births English male rowers Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{UK-sport-bio-stub