John Garrett (rower)

John Garrett

Garrett as umpire at The Boat Race 2018
Personal information
Born	(1963-01-06) 6 January 1963 (age 61) Radley, Oxfordshire, England
Sport
Club	Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames CUBC, Cambridge (GBR)
Medal record Rowing Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh eight

John Leslie Garrett (born 6 January 1963) is a British former international rower.

Rowing career

Garrett represented Great Britain at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1] He crewed for Cambridge in the 1984 and 1985 Boat Races.^[2][3] He has umpired The Boat Race on numerous occasions, including 2008,^[4] 2012,^[5] and the 2018 men's race.^[6] He represented England and won a silver medal in the eight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[7][8]

Life

Garrett was born in Radley, Oxfordshire.^[9] He was educated at Shrewsbury, where he won Henley with the boat club twice, and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he crewed for the Lady Margaret Boat Club before advancing to the Cambridge boat.^[2][3]

Politics

Garrett stood as the Labour Party candidate in Fylde at the 1997 General Election, where he came in second place with 31.65 per cent of the vote.^[10] He is not to be confused with John Laurence Garrett, who stood down as the Labour MP for Norwich South that same year.

References

1. "John Garrett". The Olympic Movement. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. Railton, Jim (17 March 1984). "Oxford look for nine wins in a row". The Times. No. 61784. p. 31.
3. Railton, Jim; Barnes, Simon (6 April 1985). "Boat Race interest stimulated by a clash of style and contrasting motivation". The Times. No. 62105. p. 30.
4. Quarrell, Rachel (30 March 2008). "Boat Race row rage wins day for Oxford". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
5. "Umpires announced for the 2012 Xchanging Boat Race". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
6. "Umpires Announced for The Cancer Research UK Boat Race 2018". The Boat Race Company Limited. 1 December 2017.
7. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
8. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
9. "John Garrett". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
10. "Election neighbours are polls apart". The Lancashire Telegraph. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 30 January 2020.