Geoff Potts

Geoffrey Potts (1947 – 28 October 2017) was a British lightweight rower.[1]

Geoff Potts
Personal information
Birth nameGeoffrey Potts
Born1947
Died28 October 2017
Sport
SportRowing
ClubDurham University BC
Tees RC
Durham ARC

He was educated at Durham School, where he competed for the Durham School Boat Club.[2] He rowed with Durham University Boat Club from 1968 to 1970 and later earned a postgraduate degree in Management from Durham University in 1975.[2]

Rowing career

Potts rowed for Great Britain in the lightweight single sculls at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he finished 4th overall, missing out on a medal in a photo finish.[3][4]

He won a silver medal at the 1972 British Rowing Championships when rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club.[3]

Potts died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a coaching session on 28 October 2017. He had received a pacemaker as a young man due to a heart condition.[2]

References
  1. "Geoffrey Potts". World Rowing.
  2. Howells, Luke. "A tribute to the life of Geoffrey Potts 1947 - 2017". Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. "Geoff Potts". DARC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. Railton, Jim (9 September 1974). "British eight sprint to silver medal". The Times. p. 7 – via Times Digital Archives.


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