Thomas Parker (rower), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rower
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Place of Birth: New South Wales, Australia
About Thomas Parker (rower)
- Thomas Charles Parker (20 August 1883 – ?) was an Australian rower who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Parker rowed for the Balmain Rowing Club.
- In 1911 he rowed at four in the New South Wales crew which won the men's eight at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta.In 1912 he was a member of the Australian men's eight which racing as a Sydney Rowing Club entrant, won the Grand Challenge Cup on the River Thames at the Henley Royal Regatta.
- The eight then moved to Stockholm for the 1912 Summer Olympics, where after beating a Swedish eight in the first round they were beaten by a Great British crew in the second round - the same Leander eight they had beaten at Henley a few weeks earlier.In 1913 Parker moved into the ranks of professional rowing.
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