Art Griffiths

Art Griffiths (9 September 1924 – 11 August 2018)[1] was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

Griffiths went to the Westdale Secondary School in 1940 and graduated in 1943.[3] Griffiths started rowing in 1940 at Westdale. During World War II, he became a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force until 1946. After the war, Griffiths resumed his rowing career for the Leander Boat Club. As a member of Leander, he rowed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics for Canada. Griffiths retired from rowing in 1954.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Art Griffiths' obituary
  2. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Hayes, Molly (19 July 2011). "Local rower honoured 69 years past his prime". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 23 January 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.