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Jeremiah McCarthy

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Jeremiah McCarthy
Personal information
Full nameJeremiah Thomas McCarthy
NationalityBritish
Born (1941-07-20) 20 July 1941 (age 83)
Surrey
Sport
SportRowing

Jeremiah Thomas McCarthy (born 20 July 1941) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Rowing career

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McCarthy participated in the 1970 World Rowing Championships competing in the doubles sculls event with Patrick Delafield where they finished in seventh place overall after winning the B final.[1] He then won the coxless pairs with Matthew Cooper, rowing for a Vesta and Argosies composite, at the inaugural 1972 National Rowing Championships[2]

Following the National Championships he was selected by Great Britain in the men's coxless pair event at the 1972 Olympics, where the same pair reached the semi-finals.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "RAILTON, JIM. "World Rowing Championships." Times, 7 Sept. 1970, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ ""Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeremiah McCarthy Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia.