Allan Whitwell

Allan Whitwell
Personal information
Born (1954-05-05) 5 May 1954[1]
York, North Yorkshire, Great Britain[1]
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Rowing
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Eight
World Rowing Championships
1986 Nottingham Lightweight double sculls
1987 Copenhagen Lightweight double sculls

Allan Whitwell (born 5 May 1954) is a former Olympic rower from England.

Whitwell was born in 1954 in York, North Yorkshire, Great Britain.[1] He was a member of the silver medal-winning British coxed eight at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.[2] In 1986, he was in the World Championship winning in the lightweight double sculls with Carl Smith.[3] He came third teamed with Smith in the 1987 World Rowing Championships in the same boat class.[4]

He is currently running an international sculling camp for scullers of any level from novice to international. He also teaches at a school for children with special needs.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Allan Whitwell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rudern – Leichtgewichte – Weltmeisterschaften: Doppelzweier – Herren" (in German). Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 28 November 2016.


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