John Fage (rower)

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John Lawton Fage (born 1935)[1] is a former rower, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.

NationalityBritish (English/Welsh)
Born1935 (age 9091)
Wirral, Cheshire, England
SportRowing
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John Fage
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English/Welsh)
Born1935 (age 9091)
Wirral, Cheshire, England
EducationSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
The Boat Race
Gold medal – first placeThe Boat Race 1959Oxford
Silver medal – second placeThe Boat Race 1958Oxford
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third placeCardiff 1958men's coxless four
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Biography

Fage attended Wrekin College and studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2] and competed in the 1958 and 1959 Boat Races for Oxford, and was a member of the winners' team in the latter.[3]

In 1958, his family home was Ty Newydd Hotel in Aberdaron and he was selected for the 1958 Welsh team[4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the coxless fours[5] and won the bronze medal.[6][7]

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