Rupert Obholzer

Rupert Obholzer (born 27 March 1970 in Cape Town) is a British rower. He was educated at Hampton School along with Johnny and Greg Searle and then St Catherine's College, Oxford,[1] where he stroked the dark blue boat to victory in the 1991 Boat Race. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the four with Jonny Searle, Greg Searle and Tim Foster. He was later umpire of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. He trained as a doctor while rowing, and is now a consultant ear nose and throat surgeon at Guy's Hospital specialising in diseases of the ear and base of the skull.

Rupert Obholzer
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Coxless four
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Tampere Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Bled Eight
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Indianapolis Coxless four

References
  1. "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.


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