Adrian Ellison
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| Full name | Adrian Charles Ellison | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1958 Solihull, West Midlands, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tyrian Boat Club Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Molesey Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) is a British retired rowing cox.
Rowing career
[edit]Ellison won the coxed pairs title with Tom Cadoux-Hudson and Richard Budgett and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Budgett, rowing for Tyrian and London University composites, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.[1]
Ellison coxed the men's four which brought Steve Redgrave his first Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)
Personal life
[edit]He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.
References
[edit]- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adrian Ellison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
[edit]- Adrian Ellison at World Rowing
- "Commonwealth Games rowing records (gbrathletics.com)". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
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- Adrian Ellison at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1958 births
- Living people
- English male rowers
- British coxswains (rowing)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Alumni of the University of Reading
- English Olympic medallists
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games