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Leslie Graham Wormald (19 August 1890 – 10 July 1965) was an English rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain.[1]

Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm Eight

Wormald was born at Maidenhead. He was educated at Eton College where he only rowed in the second eight and then at Magdalen College, Oxford, where his rowing showed considerable improvement. In 1910 he was in the Magdalen boat which finished the Head of the River and which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. In 1911 he was in the winning Oxford crew in the Boat Race and in the Magdalen boat which won the Grand at Henley again. In 1912 he was in the winning Oxford crew in the Boat Race again. He joined Leander Club and was a member of the Leander eight which won the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] In 1913, Wormald was in the winning Oxford crew in the Boat Race for the third time.

Wormald served in the First World War and won a Military Cross while in France in 1918.

Wormald retired to Spain and died at the Hyde Park Hotel in London (today called the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London) on a visit to England.


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References


  1. "Leslie Wormald". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leslie Wormald". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.




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Leslie Graham Wormald (Maidenhead, 19 agosto 1890 – 10 luglio 1965) è stato un canottiere britannico.



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