Adrian Ellison
Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) and is a male retired British rowing cox.
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| Full name | Adrian Charles Ellison | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1958 Solihull, West Midlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tyrian Boat Club Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Molesey Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rowing career
Ellison coxed the men's four which brought Steve Redgrave his first Olympic gold in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3] Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)
He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adrian Ellison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
- Adrian Ellison at FISA WorldRowing.com
- "Commonwealth Games rowing records (gbrathletics.com)". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Olympic record (olympics.org.uk)
- Adrian Ellison at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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