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John Rosser

b. 1938

Australian rower

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Born 1938. John Rosser is an Australian rower.

John Rosser (born 7 November 1938) is an Australian former representative rower. He was a national champion in 1960 and 1961 and competed in the men's eight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Rowing family John's father Gra rowed in Western Australian men's senior eights contesting the King's Cup at the annual Interstate Regattas in 1925, 1927 and 1929. John's son Ben Rosser also rowed for Western Australia, in youth eights in 1985-86 and in King's Cup eights in 1987 and 1989.

Club and state rowing John Rosser was educated at Hale School in Perth where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing was from the West Australian Rowing Club. After the Olympics Rosser rowed on and he stroked the WA King's Cup eights in 1961 (for a win) and in 1964 (for a third place).

International representative rowing The entire West Australian champion King's Cup eight of 1960 were selected without alteration as the Australian eight to compete at the 1960 Rome Olympics. The crew was graded as the second of the seven Australian Olympic boats picked for Rome and was therefore fully funded by the Australian Olympic Committee. Rosser stroked the eight. They were eliminated in the repechage on Lake Albano at the 1960 Olympics.

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Who is John Rosser?

Australian rower

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John Rosser was born on 7 November 1938 in Western Australia.

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John Rosser is a rower.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Rosser

· Wikidata: Q56254388

· DBpedia: John Rosser (rower)

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