Bruce Richardson

Bruce Richardson (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian former representative rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Local rowing and national titles Richardson was raised in country Victoria. His junior and senior club rowing was from the Nagambie Rowing Club in Victoria's Goulburn Valley starting as a 14 year old in a beginners crew in 1957. . Alf had represented for Victoria in the Kings Cup eights of 1934 and 1935.

Richardson and Lodding aimed for selection for the 1962 Commonwealth Games but were beaten out by the Mosman Rowing Club pair of Maurie Grace and Bill Hatfield. then in 1964 they took silver as a coxless pair and won the gold as a coxed pair with Wayne Gammon on the rudder.

International representative Selection trials were held in 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics rowing squad on Lake Burley Griffin. Richardson, Lodding and Gammon won their trial and the right to represent. In Tokyo they placed third in their heat, second in their repechage and rowed in the B final where they paced third for an overall ninth ranking at the Olympic regatta.