Cyril Stiles

Medal record

Men's rowing

Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Coxless pair
British Empire Games
	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.^[1] He also won a Bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney in the eights.^[1]

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

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^ ^a ^b "Cyril Stiles' Medals Information". Retrieved 28 May 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e 1932 New Zealand Olympic team
Athletics	Stuart Black Allan Elliot Don Evans Thelma Kench Jack Lovelock Billy Savidan
Boxing	Bert Lowe Bob Purdie Harold Thomas
Cycling	Ron Foubister
Rowing	George Cooke Somers Cox Delmont Gullery Lawrence Jackson Jack Macdonald Noel Pope Bert Sandos Charles Saunders John Solomon Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson
Chef de Mission: Philip Rundle

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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