Claude Saunders, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Claude Saunders

Canadian rower

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 30-Apr-2007

Profession: rower

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Claude Saunders

  • Claude "Sandy" Saunders (January 25, 1912 – April 30, 2007) was a Canadian rower who competed in the Olympic games in 1936 in Berlin.
  • He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Men's eight, but did not win a medal.
  • He was also a spare at the 1948 Summer Olympics and coached Canada's rowing team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
  • He was Canada's FISU representative at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.
  • He was also president of the Central Ontario Rowing Association, the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association and the Canadian Amateur Association of Oarsmen.
  • Saunders was the first Canadian to hold a referee's license from the International Rowing Federation.
  • Saunders was born in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • At the time of his death, he was Canada's second-oldest living Olympic competitor, behind Betty Tancock.

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