Peter Bridge

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Peter Bridge
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1972-06-03) 3 June 1972 (age 52)
Pembury, England
Sport
SportRowing

Peter Bridge (born 3 June 1972) is a British rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

After winning a World Junior gold medal in the coxless four.[2] Bridge studied at Oriel College, Oxford. He competed in The Boat Race in 1991 for Oxford University[3] and 1992[4] He went on to umpire the race in 2007,[5] and from 2009 to 2018 was Chairman of Oxford University Boat Club and sat on the board of the Boat Race Company Limited.[6]

In 2019, he joined the committee of the Leander Club[7] and in June 2020 was appointed chairman of the club.[8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Bridge Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Peter Bridge FISA". FISA Results. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ "1991 Boat Race crew". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ Rosewell, Mike (4 April 1992). "Oxford have the edge in a conflict of styles". The Times. No. 64298. p. 34.
  5. ^ "Crews start to get a grip on pivotal procedure". The Times. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Leander Club Newsletter" (PDF). p10. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Leander Club Committee". Leander Club. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Leander Club Newsletter". Leander Club. Retrieved 30 June 2020.