Martin Bristow

Olympic medal record
Men's rowing

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]

References

^ Dulwich College – Sporting Honours
^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martin Bristow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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