Tom Christie (rower)

Christie trained as a doctor at King's College, and was a member of Thames Rowing Club. In the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was a member of the coxless fours crew.^[2] In 1949 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley, partnering Tony Butcher.^[3] He also won the Wyfold in 1946 for King's College London, and the Grand and the Stewards in 1948 for Thames Rowing Club.

Christie qualified as a doctor in 1950 and spent time at Westminster Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital training in anaesthetics.^[4] He won Silver Goblets at Henley again in 1952 representing Westminster Hospital and partnering H C I Baywater.

He represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,^[5] where he won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event, partnering Nicholas Clack.^[6]

Christie was a consultant in Brighton and was involved with obstetric anaesthesia and open-heart surgery in its early days.