Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 4 August 1940
Died | 16 March 2024[1] | (aged 83)
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
John Hudson (4 August 1940 – 16 March 2024) was an Australian representative rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [2]
Hudson's senior rowing was from Mosman Rowing Club in 1959 and 1960. In 1961 he moved to the Leichhardt Rowing Club where he was club captain in 1964. [3]
Hudson first made state selection for New South Wales in the 1959 men's senior eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the 1959 Australian Interstate Regatta. [4] He made further King's Cup appearances for New South Wales in 1960, 1963 and 1964. [5]
At the second ever Australian Rowing Championships held in 1964, Hudson contested the national coxless fours title in Leichhardt colours. That crew placed second. [6]
For the 1960 Rome Olympics the selected Australian eight was the winning King's Cup West Australian eight. A coxed four was selected as the fourth priority boat and a New South Wales four was picked with Hudson in the stroke seat. In Rome they were the only Australian crew to make the Olympic final and finished in fifth place. [7]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 4 August 1940
Died | 16 March 2024[1] | (aged 83)
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
John Hudson (4 August 1940 – 16 March 2024) was an Australian representative rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [2]
Hudson's senior rowing was from Mosman Rowing Club in 1959 and 1960. In 1961 he moved to the Leichhardt Rowing Club where he was club captain in 1964. [3]
Hudson first made state selection for New South Wales in the 1959 men's senior eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the 1959 Australian Interstate Regatta. [4] He made further King's Cup appearances for New South Wales in 1960, 1963 and 1964. [5]
At the second ever Australian Rowing Championships held in 1964, Hudson contested the national coxless fours title in Leichhardt colours. That crew placed second. [6]
For the 1960 Rome Olympics the selected Australian eight was the winning King's Cup West Australian eight. A coxed four was selected as the fourth priority boat and a New South Wales four was picked with Hudson in the stroke seat. In Rome they were the only Australian crew to make the Olympic final and finished in fifth place. [7]