Harold Hewitt (rowing)
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| Born | 9 September 1938 | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Mercantile Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Melbourne 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | King's Cup 1955–1956 | ||||||||||||||
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Harold Neil Hewitt (born 2 September 1938) is an Australian former representative rowing coxswain. He was a Victorian state and Australian national champion who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the men's eight.
His senior rowing was with the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne. .[1] He coxed the Mercantile men's senior eights which won the Victorian state championships in 1955 and 1956 and won the Tasmanian state championship in 1956. In 1956 he also coxed a Mercantile four to a state championship title.
He first made state selection for Victoria in 1955 in the men's eight contesting the King's Cup at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta. He was also in the stern of the 1956 Victorian King's Cup eight and steered that crew to victory.[1]