Stuart MacKenzie

Stuart MacKenzie

Stuart MacKenzie (born April 5, 1937) is an Australian competition rower and Olympic medalist.

He received a silver medal in "single sculls" at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=ROW "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"] (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)]

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal in "single sculls" and also set a Commonwelth Games record (7:20.1 mins), and he received a silver medal in "double sculls" with Mervyn Wood.

MacKenzie was inducted into the International Sporting Wall of Fame in 2008.

Stuart visited South Africa in 1958, and rowed on the Vaal River at Billabong, near Vereeniging. He took part in the SA Championships and won the Double Sculls event with his trainee, John Eden.

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