Bruce Ford (rower)
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| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 18, 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Ford[1] was a member of the Canadian Rowing team in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning a Bronze medal in the 1984 Men's Quadruple Sculls.[2] Alongside Pat Walter, he won Gold in the Double Sculls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[3]
Educated at Brentwood College School, Vancouver Island[2] and the University of British Columbia,[4][5] he now works as an Environmental Biologist in Vancouver.[6] Ford lives in North Vancouver as of May 2017.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Bruce Ford". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "This Week". Brentwood College School. 26 September 2000. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Rowing". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "UBC and the Olympics" (PDF). University of British Columbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "List of Vikes Olympians" (PDF). University of Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "Bruce Ford". LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
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