About Geoff Potts
Lived 1947 – 2017 (aged 69–70). Geoff Potts was a British rower.
Geoffrey Potts (1947 – 28 October 2017) was a British lightweight rower.
He was educated at Durham School, where he competed for the Durham School Boat Club. He rowed with Durham University Boat Club from 1968 to 1970 and later earned a postgraduate degree in Management from Durham University in 1975.
He won a silver medal at the 1972 British Rowing Championships when rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club.
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.
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