Geoff Potts
Personal information
Birth nameGeoffrey Potts
Born1947
Died28 October 2017
Sport
SportRowing
ClubDurham University BC
Tees RC
Durham ARC

Geoffrey Potts (1947 – 28 October 2017) was a British lightweight rower.[1]

He was educated at Durham School, where he competed for the Durham School Boat Club.[2] He rowed with Durham University Boat Club from 1968 to 1970 and later earned a postgraduate degree in Management from Durham University in 1975.[2]

Rowing career

Potts rowed for Great Britain in the lightweight single sculls at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he finished 4th overall, missing out on a medal in a photo finish.[3][4]

He won a silver medal at the 1972 British Rowing Championships when rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club.[3]

Potts died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a coaching session on 28 October 2017. He had received a pacemaker as a young man due to a heart condition.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Geoffrey Potts". World Rowing.
  2. 1 2 3 Howells, Luke. "A tribute to the life of Geoffrey Potts 1947 - 2017". Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Geoff Potts". DARC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Railton, Jim (9 September 1974). "British eight sprint to silver medal". The Times. p. 7 – via Times Digital Archives.


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