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Born | 21 December 1948 | |||||||||||||||||
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Colin Barratt (born 21 December 1948) is a British lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's four, and at the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel with the lightweight men's eight. [1]
Barratt rowed for Durham University Boat Club. [2]
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