Pat Delafield
Personal information
Full namePatrick Geoffrey Robert Delafield
NationalityBritish
Born (1946-04-14) 14 April 1946

Patrick Geoffrey Robert "Pat" Delafield (born 14 April 1946) is a British former rower and businessman. He competed for Great Britain in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Education and rowing career

Delafield was educated at Cambridge University where he studied Law. He rowed for Cambridge in The Boat Race in the 1966, 1967 and 1968 races. In 1968 with Delafield as president, Cambridge started a streak of six consecutive wins.[1] In 1970 Delafield was runner up in the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta.[2] He participated in the 1970 World Rowing Championships competing in the doubles sculls event with Jeremiah McCarthy where they finished in seventh place overall after winning the B final.[3]

In 1972 he partnered Tim Crooks to win the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley and won the double sculls with Crooks, at the inaugural 1972 National Rowing Championships.[4] Delafield and Crooks competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the double sculls and came fifth overall.[5] Delafield was President of Leander Club from 2003 to 2008.[6][7]

Business career

Delafield spent many years in the beverage business in Western and Eastern Europe with Guinness and Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit. He lived in Jersey for 25 years and headed up G. Orange & Co., Beverage Merchants in Jersey from 1997 to 2004 and became director of business development with Victor Hugo Wines in 2005. He was a director of Noventa until his resignation in 2009.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1946–1975". The Boat Race. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "RAILTON, JIM. "World Rowing Championships." Times, 7 Sept. 1970, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ↑ ""Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ↑ "Sport Reference Olympic Athletes – Patrick Delafield". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Leander Club Newsletter" (PDF). Summer 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Leander Club Newsletter" (PDF). Summer 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  8. ↑ RNS Number : 4311V Noventa Limited 9 July 2009
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