Peter de Giles

Peter de Giles
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1927-04-08)8 April 1927
Died10 April 2015(2015-04-10) (aged 88)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLeander Club
Thames Rowing Club
Medal record
Rowing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
1950 Auckland Eights

Peter Anthony de Giles (8 April 1927 – 10 April 2015) was a British rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Rowing career

De Giles was educated at Wellington School in Somerset and studied at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1]

He represented the English team[2] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where he won the bronze medal in the eights event.[4][5][6]

At the 1952 Olympic Games, he competed in the men's coxed four event.[7]

Personal life

During the Games in 1950 he lived at Roslyn, Galton Park Road, Redhill, Surrey and was a farm student by trade.

References

  1. ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Eleven Oarsmen for Empire Games". Evening News (London). 3 October 1949. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter de Giles Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2018.