Peter de Giles
British rower
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Peter Anthony de Giles (8 April 1927 – 10 April 2015) was a British rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 April 2015 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club Thames Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowing career
De Giles was educated at Wellington School in Somerset and studied at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1]
He represented the English team[2] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where he won the bronze medal in the eights event.[4][5][6]
At the 1952 Olympic Games, he competed in the men's coxed four event.[7]
Personal life
During the Games in 1950 he lived at Roslyn, Galton Park Road, Redhill, Surrey and was a farm student by trade.
