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British rower

Thomas Bishop
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1947-04-08) 8 April 1947 (age 77)
Portsmouth
Sport
SportRowing
ClubDurham University BC
Durham ARC

Thomas J A Bishop (born 8 April 1947) is a British rower who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rowing career

Bishop won a silver medal rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club in the men's double sculls with Geoff Potts at the 1972 British Rowing Championships. As a student, he also competed for Durham University Boat Club and was the second former member of the club to be selected to represent Great Britain.

He was selected by Great Britain as part of the quad sculls at the 1975 World Rowing Championships, the quad finished in sixth place in the A final. At the 1976 Olympic Games he rowed as part of the men's quadruple sculls with Andrew Justice, Mark Hayter and Allan Whitwell, the crew finished in ninth place.

Personal life

He married fellow international rower Diana Bishop.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Bishop Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ""Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  3. "Boats". Palatinate. No. 241. 29 January 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. "Rowing: Special centenary events". The Times. 9 February 1977. p. 10.
  5. Railton, Jim (1 September 1975). "Rowing". The Times. p. 7 – via Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "Tom Bishop". Olympedia.
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