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Frederick Pitman

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Olympic medal record
Men's Rowing
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Men's eights

Frederick Archibald Hugo Pitman (1 June 1892 – 25 July 1963) was a Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New College, Oxford. In 1912 he was bowman of the winning Oxford boat in the Boat Race. He was then a crew member of the New College eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1914 he stroked the unsuccessful Oxford crew in the Boat Race.

On the outbreak of the First World War, Pitman joined the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Scots.[2] He survived the war, and died in London at the age of 71.

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