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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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Russell Dempster Carver (born 1934), is a male former rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
[edit]He represented England and won a bronze medal in the single sculls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]
He rowed for Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College Boat Club and rowed against Oxford in the 1958 boat race.
Personal life
[edit]His father Humphrey Roberton Carver also rowed for Cambridge in the 1922 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
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.