Adrian Ellison
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Charles Ellison |
| Born | 11 September 1958 Solihull, West Midlands, England |
| Sport | |
| Club | Tyrian Boat Club Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Molesey Boat Club |
Medal record | |
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Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) is a British retired rowing cox.
Rowing career
[edit | edit source]Ellison won the coxed pairs title with Tom Cadoux-Hudson and Richard Budgett and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Budgett, rowing for Tyrian and London University composites, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.[1]
Ellison coxed the men's four which brought Steve Redgrave his first Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Adrian Ellison at World RowingLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Olympic record (olympics.org.uk)[permanent dead link]
- Adrian Ellison at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- English male rowers
- British coxswains (rowing)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rowing
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Alumni of the University of Reading
- English Olympic competitors
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games