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Birth name | Geoffrey Glascott Houghton Page | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | England | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 April 1929 Surrey | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 01 April 2002 (aged 72) London | |||||||||||||||||
Education | St Pauls' School, London | |||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Slade School of Art, University of London | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Artist, teacher, rowing coach, rowing journalist | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Partner | Paddy Page | |||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Glascott Houghton Page (1929-2002), was a male rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
He represented England and won a silver medal in the eights and a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. He was a member of the University College London and Thames Rowing Club.
Coaching career
He coached at University College School, University College Dublin and Thames RC.
Personal life
Born April 4, 1929. Son of James H (Freddie) Page. Married Patricia (Paddy) Page in 1951. 3 daughters, Shelley, Kim and Fenella. In 1965 he became a journalist for the Sunday Telegraph and then The Daily Telegraph.
References
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Obituary". The Independent.
- 1929 births
- 2002 deaths
- English male rowers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen