Nationality British Sport Rowing Height 6'0" (183cm) Event(s) Men's Coxless Four | Weight 165lb (75kg) Name Michael Beresford Country Great Britain | |
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Born 23 March 1934 (age 90) ( 1934-03-23 ) London, England | ||
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John Michael Beresford (born 1934) is a former British rower who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Biography
Born in London on 23 March 1934, Beresford was educated at Bedford School. He rowed internationally for seven years in coxed and coxless fours and eights. He won a European silver medal, a Commonwealth gold medal and was placed fifth in the coxless fours in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
He held Olympic and European records in the coxless fours and a Commonwealth Games record which stood for 28 years. He rowed at Henley Royal Regatta over a period of 13 years, being finalist in the Thames Cup, Stewards Cup, the Goblets and Grand Challenge Cup, winning the Grand once, and the Stewards twice.
He is the nephew of Jack Beresford and the grandson of Julius Beresford. Both were Olympic rowers.