Geoff Williamson
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1923 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Geoffrey Williamson (10 July 1923 – 17 September 2009) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
His senior rowing was done from the Leichhardt Rowing Club in Sydney. In 1952 he was a crew member of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.
Four years later he rowed on the five seat of the Australian boat which was eliminated in the semi-final of the coxless four competition.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geoff Williamson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
- Notice of Geoff Williamson's death
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2009 deaths
- Australian male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Australia
- Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Rowers from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen