Ewan Pearson (rower)
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Ewan M G Pearson is a former Scottish international rower who participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[1]
Rowing career
Pearson competed for Cambridge University in the The Boat Race, in 1982, 1983 and 1984.[2]
Pearson was part of the coxless pairs crew, with David Riches that won the national title rowing for Molesey Boat Club, at the 1985 National Rowing Championships.[3][4] The following year the pair participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the men's coxless pairs.[1][5] He was a double winner of the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup in 1984 and 1985 and rowed for Canterbury Pilgrims and Crabtree BCs from 1987-2014.[2]
Personal life
He graduated in Medical Sciences in 1984 and worked as a doctor, schoolteacher and investment banker before running a consultancy business. In 2017 he became Executive Chairman of the Cambridge University Boat Club.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Year To Savour For Scottish Rowing". Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1986. p. 24.
- ^ a b c "Profile". Jesus College Boat Club.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1985, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games results". Commonwealth Games Federation.