Alastair Davidson
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Alastair R Davidson is a male former rower who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]He represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[1] where he won the silver medal in the eights event and a bronze medal in the coxed fours, both as part of the Thames Rowing Club.[2][3][4]
His grandson Freddie Davidson was on the winning Cambridge crew in the 2018 boat race.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rand The Sculler For Empire Games". Birmingham Daily Post. 5 July 1954. Retrieved 19 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "This Boat Race star's family can already boast a double medal-winning Commonwealth Games rower". Cambridgeshire Live.
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