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British rower
Andrew John Holmes
MBE (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010)
[2] was a British
rower .
Biography
Holmes was born in
Uxbridge , Greater London, and was educated at
Latymer Upper School in
Hammersmith , west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist
Jim Clark .
[2] After leaving school, he rowed for
Kingston Rowing Club and then
Leander Club .
[3] At the age of 19, he won the
Thames Challenge Cup at
Henley Royal Regatta .
He rowed twice in the
Olympic Games (in
1984 and
1988 ) with
Sir Steve Redgrave . He was a gold medalist in the
men's coxed four in
1984 and in the
men's coxless pair in
1988 , when he also took bronze in the
coxed pair . He also rowed for
England in the
1986 Commonwealth Games in
Edinburgh ,
Scotland .
[4] winning the coxed four and the coxless pair competitions.,
[5]
He retired from rowing in 1990 and severed most contacts with the sport. His daughter only discovered her father's gold-medal-winning pedigree when reading about him in a book at school.
[3]
He died in London in 2010 after contracting Weil's disease, a severe form of
leptospirosis , which results from contact with urine from infected animals or ingesting water contaminated with urine from infected animals.
[6]
[7]
References
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Standard
1900 – final A :
Henri Bouckaert ,
Jean Cau ,
Émile Delchambre ,
Henri Hazebrouck ,
Charlot (cox) (
FRA )
1900 – final B :
Gustav Goßler ,
Oscar Goßler ,
Walther Katzenstein ,
Waldemar Tietgens ,
Carl Goßler (cox) (
GER )
1912 :
Albert Arnheiter ,
Hermann Wilker ,
Rudolf Fickeisen ,
Otto Fickeisen ,
Karl Leister (cox) (
GER )
1920 :
Willy Brüderlin ,
Max Rudolf ,
Paul Rudolf ,
Hans Walter ,
Paul Staub (cox) (
SUI )
1924 :
Émile Albrecht ,
Alfred Probst ,
Eugen Sigg ,
Hans Walter ,
Walter Loosli (cox),
Émile Lachapelle (cox) (
SUI )
1928 :
Valerio Perentin ,
Giliante D'Este ,
Nicolò Vittori ,
Giovanni Delise ,
Renato Petronio (cox) (
ITA )
1932 :
Hans Eller ,
Horst Hoeck ,
Walter Meyer ,
Joachim Spremberg ,
Carlheinz Neumann (cox) (
GER )
1936 :
Hans Maier ,
Walter Volle ,
Ernst Gaber ,
Paul Söllner ,
Fritz Bauer (cox) (
GER )
1948 :
Warren Westlund ,
Bob Martin ,
Bob Will ,
Gordy Giovanelli ,
Allen Morgan (cox) (
USA )
1952 :
Karel Mejta ,
Jiří Havlis ,
Jan Jindra ,
Stanislav Lusk ,
Miroslav Koranda (cox) (
TCH )
1956 :
Alberto Winkler ,
Romano Sgheiz ,
Angelo Vanzin ,
Franco Trincavelli ,
Ivo Stefanoni (cox) (
ITA )
1960 :
Gerd Cintl ,
Horst Effertz ,
Klaus Riekemann ,
Jürgen Litz ,
Michael Obst (cox) (
EUA )
1964 :
Peter Neusel ,
Bernhard Britting ,
Joachim Werner ,
Egbert Hirschfelder ,
Jürgen Oelke (cox) (
EUA )
1968 :
Dick Joyce ,
Ross Collinge ,
Dudley Storey ,
Warren Cole ,
Simon Dickie (cox) (
NZL )
1972 :
Peter Berger ,
Hans-Johann Färber ,
Gerhard Auer ,
Alois Bierl ,
Uwe Benter (cox) (
FRG )
1976 :
Vladimir Eshinov ,
Nikolay Ivanov ,
Mikhail Kuznetsov ,
Aleksandr Klepikov ,
Aleksandr Sema (heat 1),
Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) (
URS )
1980 :
Dieter Wendisch ,
Ullrich Dießner ,
Walter Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Andreas Gregor (cox) (
GDR )
1984 :
Martin Cross ,
Richard Budgett ,
Andy Holmes ,
Steve Redgrave ,
Adrian Ellison (cox) (
GBR )
1988 :
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Frank Klawonn ,
Hendrik Reiher (cox) (
GDR )
1992 :
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan ,
Dimitrie Popescu ,
Nicolae Țaga ,
Dumitru Răducanu (cox) (
ROU )
Inrigged
1962 :
(
Wolfgang Neuß ,
Klaus-Günter Jordan , cox
Frank Steinhäuser )
1966 :
(
Hadriaan van Nes ,
Jan van de Graaff , cox
Poul de Haan )
1970 :
(
Ștefan Tudor ,
Petre Ceapura , cox
Ladislau Lovrenschi )
1974 :
(
Vladimir Eshinov ,
Nikolay Ivanov , cox
Aleksandr Lukyanov )
1975 :
(
Jörg Lucke ,
Wolfgang Gunkel , cox
Bernd Fritsch )
1977 :
(
Todor Mrankov ,
Dimitar Yanakiev , cox
Stefan Stoykov )
1978 :
(
Jürgen Pfeiffer ,
Gert Uebeler , cox
Olaf Beyer )
1979 :
(
Jürgen Pfeiffer ,
Gert Uebeler , cox
Georg Spohr )
1981 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1982 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1983 :
(
Ullrich Dießner ,
Thomas Greiner , cox.
Andreas Gregor )
1985 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1986 :
(
Andy Holmes ,
Steve Redgrave , cox.
Patrick Sweeney )
1987 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1989 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1990 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1991 :
(
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1993 :
(
Jonny Searle ,
Greg Searle , cox
Garry Herbert )
1994 :
(
Igor Boraska ,
Tihomir Franković , cox
Milan Ražov )
1995 :
(
Luca Sartori ,
Giuliano de Stabile , cox
Antonio Cirillo )
1996 :
(
Yannick Schulte ,
Luc Prevot , cox
Christophe Tellier )
1997 :
(
Scott Fentress ,
Jordan Irving , cox
Nicholas Anderson )
1998 :
(
Nick Green ,
James Tomkins , cox
Brett Hayman )
1999 :
(
James Neil ,
Phil Henry , cox
Nicholas Anderson )
2000 :
(
Matt Guerrieri ,
Kurt Borcherding , cox
Nicholas Anderson )
2001 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Matthew Pinsent , cox
Neil Chugani )
2002 :
(
Lars Krisch ,
Andreas Werner , cox
Claus Müller-Gattermann )
2003 :
(
Matt Rich ,
Dan Beery , cox
Andrew Kelly )
2004 :
(
Mattia Trombetta ,
Mario Palmisano , cox
Luigi Longobardi )
2005 :
(
Hardy Cubasch ,
Sam Conrad , cox
Marc Douez )
2006 :
(
Nikola Stojić ,
Jovan Popović , cox
Ivan Ninković )
2007 :
(
Dawid Paczes ,
Lukasz Kardas , cox
Daniel Trojanowski )
2008 :
(
Gabriel Bergen ,
James Dunaway , cox
Mark Laidlaw )
2009 :
(
Troy Kepper ,
Henrik Rummel , cox
Marcus McElhenney )
2010 :
(
Chris Morgan ,
Dominic Grimm , cox
David Webster )
2011 :
(
Vincenzo Capelli ,
Pierpaolo Frattini , cox
Niccolò Fanchi )
2012 :
(
Stanislau Shcharbachenia ,
Aliaksandr Kazubouski , cox
Piotr Piatrynich )
2013 :
(
Luca Parlato ,
Vincenzo Abbagnale , cox
Enrico D'Aniello )
2014 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond , cox
Caleb Shepherd )
2015 :
(
Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell ,
Matthew Tarrant , cox
Henry Fieldman )
2016 :
(
Oliver Cook ,
Callum McBrierty , cox
Henry Fieldman )
2017 :
(
Adrián Juhász ,
Béla Simon , cox
Andrea Vanda Kolláth )
1962 :
(
Dieter Bender ,
Günther Zumkeller )
1966 :
(
Peter Kremtz ,
Roland Göhler )
1970 :
(
Peter Gorny ,
Werner Klatt )
1974 :
(
Bernd Landvoigt ,
Jörg Landvoigt )
1975 :
(
Bernd Landvoigt ,
Jörg Landvoigt )
1977 :
(
Aleksandr Kulagin ,
Vitaliy Eliseyev )
1978 :
(
Bernd Landvoigt ,
Jörg Landvoigt )
1979 :
(
Bernd Landvoigt ,
Jörg Landvoigt )
1981 :
(
Yuriy Pimenov ,
Nikolay Pimenov )
1982 :
(
Hans Magnus Grepperud ,
Sverre Løken )
1983 :
(
Carl Ertel ,
Ulf Sauerbrey )
1985 :
(
Nikolay Pimenov ,
Yuriy Pimenov )
1986 :
(
Yuriy Pimenov ,
Nikolay Pimenov )
1987 :
(
Andy Holmes ,
Steve Redgrave )
1989 :
(
Thomas Jung ,
Uwe Kellner )
1990 :
(
Thomas Jung ,
Uwe Kellner )
1991 :
(
Steve Redgrave ,
Matthew Pinsent )
1993 :
(
Matthew Pinsent ,
Steve Redgrave )
1994 :
(
Matthew Pinsent ,
Steve Redgrave )
1995 :
(
Matthew Pinsent ,
Steve Redgrave )
1997 :
(
Michel Andrieux ,
Jean-Christophe Rolland )
1998 :
(
Detlef Kirchhoff ,
Robert Sens )
1999 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
James Tomkins )
2001 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Matthew Pinsent )
2002 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Matthew Pinsent )
2003 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
James Tomkins )
2005 :
(
Nathan Twaddle ,
George Bridgewater )
2006 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
Duncan Free )
2007 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
Duncan Free )
2009 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2010 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2011 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2013 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2014 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2015 :
(
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2017 :
(
Matteo Lodo ,
Giuseppe Vicino )
2018 :
(
Martin Sinković ,
Valent Sinković )
2019 :
(
Martin Sinković ,
Valent Sinković )
2022 :
(
Marius Cozmiuc ,
Sergiu Bejan )
2023 :
(
Roman Röösli ,
Andrin Gulich )