Michael Aikman (rower)

Olympic medal record
Men's Rowing
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	eights

Alexander Michael Hirst Aikman (9 September 1933 – 16 February 2005) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1956 he was the bowman of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.^[2]

Following his college and rowing days, Aikman held a career in academia. From 1966 until 1973 he was headmaster at The Scots School in Bathurst, followed by a headmaster appointment at Haileybury, Melbourne.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Represented". The Age. 6 July 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=daYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4287,528053&dq=michael-aikman+rower&hl=en. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
2. ^ The compendium: official Australian Olympic statistics 1896-2002. University of Queensland Press. 2003. p. 6. ISBN 0702234257. http://books.google.ca/books?id=QZ21Y6p53pIC&pg=PA6&dq=%22Michael+Aikman%22+rower&hl=en&ei=cp4HTbbhAYKrngfugpWcDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
3. ^ "Tribute to Michael Hirst Aikman". The Scots School. 2005. http://www.scots.nsw.edu.au/thistle_0605.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 

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Persondata
Name	Aikman, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic medalist in rowing
Date of birth	9 September 1933
Place of birth
Date of death	16 February 2005
Place of death