Jeremiah McCarthy
Personal information
Full nameJeremiah Thomas McCarthy
NationalityBritish
Born (1941-07-20) 20 July 1941
Surrey
Sport
SportRowing

Jeremiah Thomas McCarthy (born 20 July 1941) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Rowing career

McCarthy participated in the 1970 World Rowing Championships competing in the doubles sculls event with Patrick Delafield where they finished in seventh place overall after winning the B final.[1] He then won the coxless pairs with Matthew Cooper, rowing for a Vesta and Argosies composite, at the inaugural 1972 National Rowing Championships[2]

Following the National Championships he was selected by Great Britain in the men's coxless pair event at the 1972 Olympics, where the same pair reached the semi-finals.[3][4]

References

  1. "RAILTON, JIM. "World Rowing Championships." Times, 7 Sept. 1970, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ""Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeremiah McCarthy Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. "Biographical information". Olympedia.


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