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Cyril Stiles
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1932 Los Angeles Coxless pair
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Sydney Eight

Cyril Alec "Bob" Stiles (10 October 1904 – 5 March 1985) was a New Zealand rower. He won a Silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the coxless pairs with partner Rangi Thompson. He also won a Bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney in the eights.

Stiles Place, a Christchurch street, is named after Stiles. The street runs off Arnst Place, named after Richard Arnst, another New Zealand rower. Both are near a part of the Avon River used by rowers, locally known as Kerr's Reach.

References

  1. ^ "Cyril Stiles' Medals Information". Retrieved 28 May 2008.
1932 New Zealand Olympic team
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Chef de Mission: Philip Rundle
1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
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Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick


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