Kevyn Webb
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New South Wales, Australia
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1924 New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 1990 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Haberfield Rowing Club. | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kevyn Parke Webb OAM (21 March 1924 – 5 November 1990) was an Australian representative rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1960 Summer Olympics[1] and won a medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He was a longstanding contributor to the sport in Australia and in 1962 was instrumental in the foundation of annual Australian Rowing Championships.
Webb had a long association with the Haberfield Rowing Club. He competed for the club from 1938 to 1960 and then coached. He held a number of official positions including Captain, President and Patron.[2]
Webb was first selected for New South Wales in the 1946 men's eight which contested the King's Cup at the Australian Interstate Regatta.[3] Webb was again in the 1947 NSW King's Cup eight. Both those crews placed second to Victoria.[4]
International representative rowing
In the 1950s Webb took to sculling. He was the sculling reserve for the Australian squad selected for the 1950 Empire Games.[5] At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Webb was selected with Steve Roll to race Australia's coxless pair. They took the silver medal.[6]
For the 1960 Rome Olympics Webb was selected as captain of the Australian rowing squad and rowed the men's double scull with Ian Tutty. They were eliminated in the repechage in those days before B and C finals.[7]
