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Bobby Pearce (rower)

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Standing at 188 cm and 95 kg, Pearce entered the amateur national sculling championships in 1927, which he won and retained in 1928 and 1929. This gained him selection for the Olympics in 1928, where he was the only rower selected. At the games, he carried the Australian flag at the opening
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of Germany by 12 lengths and his second opponent Danish rower Schwartz by 8 lengths. In the quarter-final he was easily beating French opponent Saurin when a family of ducks strayed into his lane. Pearce momentarily stopped rowing to let the ducks pass; he still won with the fastest time of all 8
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in an astonishing performance before 30,000 spectators. In 1934 in London he defended his Title against WG Miller of the USA. In 1938, he defeated Evans Paddon of Australia in a three-mile race during the
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of heart disease on 20 May 1976 and was buried in Mount Pleasant cemetery. His second wife Velma (née Whelpton), their son and the children of his first marriage survived him. He was inducted into the
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Pearce entered a U-16 handicap race at the age of six, managing to finish second. Pearce left school early to become a carpenter, and then worked in the fishing industry with his father. He joined the
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where he worked as a fisherman and ran a boatshed. Pearce's grandfather Henry John "Harry" Pearce, Sr. was an Australian champion in sculling. Harry Pearce had five sons and seven daughters.
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in Toronto where his world sculling title was at stake. The race took place just a few days after Pearce's wife Reita Hendon died following an illness. Pearce was awarded the
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then in force barred anyone "Who is or has been by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan or labourer." This socially discriminatory wording was deleted in 1937.
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and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander by his retirement in 1956. He then resumed his work as a liquor salesman, and in 1972 became a Canadian citizen. Pearce died in
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Pearce turned professional the following year, making himself ineligible for further Olympic competition. He won the World Championship in Toronto in a 1933 race against
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of Great Britain, winning by three-quarters of a length (roughly 1.5 seconds). In the finals he became the first Australian to win gold in the single sculls by defeating
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of the United States by 9.8 seconds. In winning he established a new Olympic record, some 25 seconds faster than the previous mark. This also earned him the
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in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. He was a three-time Australian national champion and won the
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as Canada's top athlete of 1938 and retired undefeated. For further details of his World Championship races see
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Pearce's father, Henry J "Harry, Jr" Pearce Jr., was an Australian sculling champion and challenged for the
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of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the
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Pearce defended his Olympic title in 1932, this time winning by 1.1 seconds over American
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In the first round at Henley he was against Tom Brocklebank, who had served as stroke of
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Pearce won all of his races with relative ease. He defeated his first opponent
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of England. He thrashed Phelps, the then world champion by 274 metres on
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In preparation for the 1928 Olympics, Pearce attempted to enter the
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competitors in that round. In the semifinals, Pearce was pressed by
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Pearce on the water : left 1928 & right at the 1932
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who also played rugby league for Australia. Cecil's son
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would row in three Olympic games from 1964 to 1972.
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Index

Bobby Pearce (disambiguation)

Australian
Canadian
Double Bay
New South Wales
Toronto
Ontario
Rowing
Sydney Rowing Club
Australia
Olympic Games
1928 Amsterdam
Single sculls
1932 Los Angeles
Single sculls
British Empire Games
1930 Hamilton
Diamond Challenge Sculls
1931 Henley-on-Thames
Gold Cup Challenge
1928 Philadelphia
sculler
1928 Summer Olympics
Amsterdam
1932 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles
World Sculling Championship
Diamond Sculls
Henley Royal Regatta

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