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John Hudson (rower)

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John Hudson
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born(1940-08-04)4 August 1940
Sydney, Australia
Died16 March 2024(2024-03-16) (aged 83)[1]
Sport
SportRowing

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]

Club and state rowing

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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]

International representative rowing

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "John D'Eresby HUDSON". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Hudson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ Hudson profile at Guerin Foster
  4. ^ 1959 Interstate Regatta
  5. ^ 1964 Interstate Regatta
  6. ^ 1964 Australian Championships
  7. ^ "1960 Olympics". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.