Adrian Monger

Adrian Monger
Personal information
Born (1932-12-06)6 December 1932
Died 10 July 2016(2016-07-10) (aged 83)
Sport
Club Melbourne Uni Boat Club
Mercantile Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
National finals King's Cup 1954 - 1956
Olympic finals Melbourne 1956
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
1956 MelbourneEight

Adrian Calero Monger (6 December 1932 – 10 July 2016) was an Australian rower. He was twice Australian national champion and competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the men's eight.[1]

Club and state rowing

Monger was educated at Geelong Grammar School where he took up rowing. As a resident at Trinity College at Melbourne University he became involved with the Melbourne University Boat Club. Later he rowed from the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne. [2].

He first made state selection for Victoria in 1954 in the men's eight contesting the King's Cup at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta. He rowed in further Victorian King's Cup eights in 1955 and 1956, and those crews were victorious in 1954 and 1956.[2]

International representative rowing

In 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics the winning Kings Cup Victorian eight was selected as the Australian men's eight excepting for the 3 man - Benfield from New South Wales. Monger rowed in the seven seat in the thrilling final where the Australian eight took it to the US and Canadian crews and came away with a bronze medal.[3].

References

  1. ↑ "Vale Adrian Monger - Rowing Australia". rowingaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 Monger Profile at Guerin Foster
  3. ↑ Monger at World Rowing
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