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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 1904 Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 1986 (aged 81) Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middleweight Light-Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Nottingham Physical Culture School | ||||||||||||||
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Bernard James Rowe (15 May 1904 – 5 March 1986) was a freestyle sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
In 1924 he finished eleventh in the freestyle middleweight tournament. Four years later he finished sixth in the freestyle light heavyweight tournament at the 1928 Olympics. At the 1934 Empire Games, he won the silver medal in the freestyle light heavyweight class.
Rowe was a seven-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at middleweight in 1929, 1931 and 1932, at light-heavyweight in 1928, 1929 and 1933 and at heavyweight in 1929.[2]
Family
His brother, Douglas, played football with Luton Town, Lincoln City and Southampton.[3]
References
- ^ "Bernard Rowe Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
External links
- Bernard Rowe's profile at Sports Reference.com
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