John Lander (rower)

John Lander (rower)

John Gerard Heath Lander (September 7, 1907 – December 25, 1941) was a British rower. He attended Shrewsbury School and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he rowed for the First Trinity Boat Club. With Edward Vaughan Bevan, Richard Beesly and Michael Warriner, he won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless fours event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Upon leaving Cambridge, John took up a business appointment in Hong Kong. He was killed in the Battle of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941, the only Olympic gold medallist to have been killed during World War II.

References

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LANDEJOH01 Database Olympics profile]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/john-lander-1.html Sports reference profile]


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