British doctor and rower
Thomas Richard Martin Bristow (15 November 1913 – 31 July 2007) was a British medical doctor and rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was known as Martin Bristow and was educated at Dulwich College[1] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Rowing at Cambridge he won four headships from 1932 to 1935, and was a member of the Cambridge crew in the 1935 Boat Race, which Cambridge won by 4 lengths. He was in the winning Pembroke College crew in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1935.[2] Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the British boat with Alan Barrett, Peter Jackson and John Sturrock which won the silver medal in the coxless fours event.[3] He was a member of London Rowing Club and was in crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1938.
Bristow qualified at St Thomas's Hospital. He later specialised in anaesthesia.[citation needed]
Bristow died in Estepona at the age of 93.[3]
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