British rower
Andrew John Holmes MBE (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010)[2] rower .
Biography Holmes was born in Uxbridge , Greater London, and was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith , west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist Jim Clark .[2] Kingston Rowing Club and then Leander Club .[3] Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta .
He rowed twice in the Olympic Games (in 1984 and 1988 ) with Sir Steve Redgrave . He was a gold medalist in the men's coxed four in 1984 and in the men's coxless pair in 1988 , when he also took bronze in the coxed pair . He also rowed for England in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh , Scotland .[4] [5]
He retired from rowing in 1990 and severed most contacts with the sport. His daughter only discovered her father's gold-medal-winning pedigree when reading about him in a book at school.[3]
He died in London in 2010 after contracting Weil's disease, a severe form of leptospirosis , which results from contact with urine from infected animals or ingesting water contaminated with urine from infected animals.[6] [7]
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1900 – final A : Henri Bouckaert , Jean Cau , Émile Delchambre , Henri Hazebrouck , Charlot (cox) (FRA ) 1900 – final B : Gustav Goßler , Oscar Goßler , Walther Katzenstein , Waldemar Tietgens , Carl Goßler (cox) (GER ) 1912 : Albert Arnheiter , Hermann Wilker , Rudolf Fickeisen , Otto Fickeisen , Karl Leister (cox) (GER ) 1920 : Willy Brüderlin , Max Rudolf , Paul Rudolf , Hans Walter , Paul Staub (cox) (SUI ) 1924 : Émile Albrecht , Alfred Probst , Eugen Sigg , Hans Walter , Walter Loosli (cox), Émile Lachapelle (cox) (SUI ) 1928 : Valerio Perentin , Giliante D'Este , Nicolò Vittori , Giovanni Delise , Renato Petronio (cox) (ITA ) 1932 : Hans Eller , Horst Hoeck , Walter Meyer , Joachim Spremberg , Carlheinz Neumann (cox) (GER ) 1936 : Hans Maier , Walter Volle , Ernst Gaber , Paul Söllner , Fritz Bauer (cox) (GER ) 1948 : Warren Westlund , Bob Martin , Bob Will , Gordy Giovanelli , Allen Morgan (cox) (USA ) 1952 : Karel Mejta , Jiří Havlis , Jan Jindra , Stanislav Lusk , Miroslav Koranda (cox) (TCH ) 1956 : Alberto Winkler , Romano Sgheiz , Angelo Vanzin , Franco Trincavelli , Ivo Stefanoni (cox) (ITA ) 1960 : Gerd Cintl , Horst Effertz , Klaus Riekemann , Jürgen Litz , Michael Obst (cox) (EUA ) 1964 : Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Joachim Werner , Egbert Hirschfelder , Jürgen Oelke (cox) (EUA ) 1968 : Dick Joyce , Ross Collinge , Dudley Storey , Warren Cole , Simon Dickie (cox) (NZL ) 1972 : Peter Berger , Hans-Johann Färber , Gerhard Auer , Alois Bierl , Uwe Benter (cox) (FRG ) 1976 : Vladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , Mikhail Kuznetsov , Aleksandr Klepikov , Aleksandr Sema (heat 1), Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) (URS ) 1980 : Dieter Wendisch , Ullrich Dießner , Walter Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Andreas Gregor (cox) (GDR ) 1984 : Martin Cross , Richard Budgett , Andy Holmes , Steve Redgrave , Adrian Ellison (cox) (GBR ) 1988 : Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , Bernd Eichwurzel , Frank Klawonn , Hendrik Reiher (cox) (GDR ) 1992 : Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , Dimitrie Popescu , Nicolae Țaga , Dumitru Răducanu (cox) (ROU ) Inrigged
1962 : Wolfgang Neuß , Klaus-Günter Jordan , cox Frank Steinhäuser )1966 : Hadriaan van Nes , Jan van de Graaff , cox Poul de Haan )1970 : Ștefan Tudor , Petre Ceapura , cox Ladislau Lovrenschi )1974 : Vladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , cox Aleksandr Lukyanov )1975 : Jörg Lucke , Wolfgang Gunkel , cox Bernd Fritsch)1977 : Todor Mrankov , Dimitar Yanakiev , cox Stefan Stoykov )1978 : Jürgen Pfeiffer , Gert Uebeler , cox Olaf Beyer)1979 : Jürgen Pfeiffer , Gert Uebeler , cox Georg Spohr )1981 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1982 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1983 : Ullrich Dießner , Thomas Greiner , cox. Andreas Gregor )1985 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1986 : Andy Holmes , Steve Redgrave , cox. Patrick Sweeney )1987 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1989 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1990 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1991 : Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , cox Giuseppe Di Capua )1993 : Jonny Searle , Greg Searle , cox Garry Herbert )1994 : Igor Boraska , Tihomir Franković , cox Milan Ražov)1995 : Luca Sartori , Giuliano de Stabile, cox Antonio Cirillo)1996 : Yannick Schulte , Luc Prevot, cox Christophe Tellier)1997 : Nicholas Anderson )1998 : Nick Green , James Tomkins , cox Brett Hayman )1999 : James Neil , Phil Henry , cox Nicholas Anderson )2000 : Matt Guerrieri , Kurt Borcherding , cox Nicholas Anderson )2001 : James Cracknell , Matthew Pinsent , cox Neil Chugani )2002 : 2003 : Matt Rich , Dan Beery , cox Andrew Kelly)2004 : Mattia Trombetta , Mario Palmisano , cox Luigi Longobardi)2005 : Hardy Cubasch , Sam Conrad , cox Marc Douez )2006 : Nikola Stojić , Jovan Popović , cox Ivan Ninković)2007 : Daniel Trojanowski )2008 : Gabriel Bergen , James Dunaway, cox Mark Laidlaw)2009 : Troy Kepper , Henrik Rummel , cox Marcus McElhenney )2010 : Chris Morgan , Dominic Grimm , cox David Webster )2011 : Vincenzo Capelli , Pierpaolo Frattini , cox Niccolò Fanchi)2012 : Stanislau Shcharbachenia , Aliaksandr Kazubouski , cox Piotr Piatrynich)2013 : Luca Parlato , Vincenzo Abbagnale , cox Enrico D'Aniello )2014 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond , cox Caleb Shepherd )2015 : Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell , Matthew Tarrant , cox Henry Fieldman )2016 : Oliver Cook , Callum McBrierty , cox Henry Fieldman )2017 : Adrián Juhász , Béla Simon , cox Andrea Vanda Kolláth)
1962 : Dieter Bender , Günther Zumkeller )1966 : Peter Kremtz , Roland Göhler )1970 : Peter Gorny , Werner Klatt )1974 : Bernd Landvoigt , Jörg Landvoigt )1975 : Bernd Landvoigt , Jörg Landvoigt )1977 : Aleksandr Kulagin , Vitaliy Eliseyev )1978 : Bernd Landvoigt , Jörg Landvoigt )1979 : Bernd Landvoigt , Jörg Landvoigt )1981 : Yuriy Pimenov , Nikolay Pimenov )1982 : Hans Magnus Grepperud , Sverre Løken )1983 : Carl Ertel , Ulf Sauerbrey )1985 : Nikolay Pimenov , Yuriy Pimenov )1986 : Yuriy Pimenov , Nikolay Pimenov )1987 : Andy Holmes , Steve Redgrave )1989 : Thomas Jung , Uwe Kellner )1990 : Thomas Jung , Uwe Kellner )1991 : Steve Redgrave , Matthew Pinsent )1993 : Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )1994 : Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )1995 : Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )1997 : Michel Andrieux , Jean-Christophe Rolland )1998 : Detlef Kirchhoff , Robert Sens )1999 : Drew Ginn , James Tomkins )2001 : James Cracknell , Matthew Pinsent )2002 : James Cracknell , Matthew Pinsent )2003 : Drew Ginn , James Tomkins )2005 : Nathan Twaddle , George Bridgewater )2006 : Drew Ginn , Duncan Free )2007 : Drew Ginn , Duncan Free )2009 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2010 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2011 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2013 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2014 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2015 : Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )2017 : Matteo Lodo , Giuseppe Vicino )2018 : Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković )2019 : Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković )2022 : Marius Cozmiuc , Sergiu Bejan )2023 : Roman Röösli , Andrin Gulich )
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