John Hudson (rower)

John Hudson (born 4 August 1940) is an Australian former representative rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]

John Hudson
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1940-08-04) 4 August 1940
Sydney, Australia
Sport
SportRowing

Club and state rowing

Hudson's senior rowing was from Mosman Rowing Club in 1959 and 1960. In 1961 he moved to the Leichhardt Rowing Club where he was club captain in 1964.[2]

Hudson first made state selection for New South Wales in the 1959 men's senior eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the 1959 Australian Interstate Regatta.[3] He made further King's Cup appearances for New South Wales in 1960, 1963 and 1964.[4]

At the second ever Australian Rowing Championships held in 1964, Hudson contested the national coxless fours title in Leichhardt colours. That crew placed second.[5]

International representative rowing

For the 1960 Rome Olympics the selected Australian eight was the winning King's Cup West Australian eight. A coxed four was selected as the fourth priority boat and a New South Wales four was picked with Hudson in the stroke seat. In Rome they were the only Australian crew to make the Olympic final and finished in fifth place.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Hudson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. Hudson profile at Guerin Foster
  3. 1959 Interstate Regatta
  4. 1964 Interstate Regatta
  5. 1964 Austn C'ships
  6. "1960 Olympics". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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