Jim Clayton (rower)

Oliver Newton "Jim" Clayton (13 April 1911 9 June 1992) was a New Zealand rower.

Jim Clayton
Personal information
Birth nameOliver Newton Clayton
Born13 April 1911 (1911-04-13)
Died9 June 1992 (1992-06-10) (aged 81)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubPetone Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire Games
1938 SydneyCoxed Four

At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four as their stroke.[1] He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Albert Hope, Ken Boswell, John Rigby, and George Burns (cox).[2]

References

  1. "Jim Clayton". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. "Petone Oarsmen". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXV, no. 15. 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.


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