Jonny Searle
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Born | 8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) (age 55) Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Hampton School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Greg Searle (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan "Jonny" William C. Searle MBE (born 8 May 1969) is a British former Olympic rower and subsequently businessman. Along with his brother Greg and coxswain Garry Herbert, Searle won the gold medal in the coxed pair event at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Early life and education
Searle was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was educated at Hampton School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Whilst at Oxford University, he competed in the Boat Race in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Oxford triumphed in all three races. Searle was President of the Oxford University Boat Club in the 1989–1990 academic year.
Career
Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with his brother Greg Searle. He also won a World Championships gold medal in 1993. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he finished third in the coxless four event.
He is a steward of Henley Royal Regatta.
Personal life
Searle has two sons, Kit and Jake.
He still trains at Molesey Boat Club.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonny Searle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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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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