Garry Herbert
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Garry Gerard Paul Herbert MBE (b. 3 October 1969) is an Olympic gold medal-winning cox. He steered the British coxed pair (brothers Jonny and Greg Searle) to victory in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (the last time this event was included in the Olympic rowing programme) and the 1993 World Rowing Championships.
His tears of emotion at the medal presentation, with the taller Searle brothers smiling behind him, became an iconic image in Britain.[1]
Born in London, he studied there at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School,[2] and at the University of Reading, then trained as a barrister. He is now a banker and a commentator for the BBC as well as a motivational speaker. During the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay, he was chosen to cox the boat carrying Steve Redgrave holding the Torch down the River Thames at Henley.
References
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (22 July 1996). "Herbert out to add to his crying gains". The Independent. London, UK. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ Holland, Dominic (30 July 2012). "Who wants to be a cox?". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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- 1900: François Brandt, Roelof Klein (cox. Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final)
- 1920: Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin (cox. Guido De Felip)
- 1924: Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber (cox. Émile Lachapelle)
- 1928: Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin (cox. Hans Bourquin)
- 1932: Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer (cox. Edward Jennings)
- 1936: Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski (cox. Dieter Arend)
- 1948: Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen (cox. Carl-Ebbe Andersen)
- 1952: Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier (cox. Bernard Malivoire)
- 1956: Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay (cox. Kurt Seiffert)
- 1960: Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg (cox. Klaus Zerta)
- 1964: Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay (cox. Kent Mitchell)
- 1968: Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo (cox. Bruno Cipolla)
- 1972: Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke (cox. Klaus-Dieter Neubert)
- 1976: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1980: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1984: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1988: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1992: Greg Searle, Jonny Searle (cox. Garry Herbert)
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