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David Gillard (born 23 June 1971), rowed for Great Britain and represented Cambridge at the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races.[1][2][3]

Life

Gillard was born 23 June 1971 and educated at Bedford Modern School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1][4] At Bedford Modern, Gillard was in the last crew to win the Special Race for Schools at Henley Royal Regatta in 1989 before the event was discontinued.[5][6]

Gillard rowed for the Great Britain Junior team in the Eight at the Szeged Reservoir, Hungary in 1989 winning a bronze medal.[7] Gillard then rowed for Great Britain in the Nations Cup (precursor to the U23 World Rowing Championships) in Linz Ottensheim, Austria (1990, Eight, bronze); Naro Lago, San Giovanni, Italy (1991, coxless four, silver); and Glasgow (1992, coxless four, gold).[8] Representing Goldie Boat Club, Gillard was a member of the winning crews of the Britania Challenge Cup (setting a new course record) and Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1992.[3][9] Rowing for Imperial College Boat Club, Gillard won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1996,[10] and the Visitors' Challenge Cup in 2002 at the Henley Royal Regatta.[11][12]

Gillard chaired the Cambridge selection process for the 2005 Boat Race.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) ISBN 9780950760803; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010, p. 247
  2. ^ Cambridge Evening News, Monday, February 22, 1993, p. 28
  3. ^ a b The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, February 23, 1993, p. 30
  4. ^ Cambridge Evening News, Friday, March 29, 1991, p. 37
  5. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 3, 1989, p. 27
  6. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, December 20, 1989, p. 30
  7. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, March 30, 1991, p. 32
  8. ^ "World Rowing - David GILLARD". World Rowing.
  9. ^ The Sunday Telegraph, March 14, 1993, p. 19
  10. ^ The Sunday Telegraph, July 7, 1996, S7, p. 101
  11. ^ "All-time Crew History". 29 March 2017.
  12. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 8, 2002, S10, p. 42
  13. ^ Rachel Quarrell (8 March 2005). "Holland 'good fit' for Cambridge". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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