Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) and is a male retired British rowing cox.

Rowing career

Ellison won the coxed pairs title with

Tom Cadoux-Hudson Thomas A D Cadoux-Hudson (born January 1959) is a German-born British former rower, now medical practitioner and alumnus of New College, Oxford. Rowing career Cadoux-Hudson won the coxed pairs title with Richard Budgett and Adrian Ellison and ...

and Richard Budgett and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Budgett, rowing for Tyrian and London University composites, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. Ellison coxed the men's four which brought

Steve Redgrave Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds ...

his first Olympic gold in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)

Personal life

He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.

References

External links

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Olympic record (olympics.org.uk)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellison, Adrian 1958 births Living people English male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in rowing Alumni of the University of Reading English Olympic medallists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games