Claude Saunders

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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 eights, 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 Schools 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.[1]

Saunders was born in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] From the death of Betty Tancock until his own, he was Canada's oldest living Olympic competitor.[1] After his death, Marjory Saunders became Canada's oldest living Olympian.[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Obituary for Claude Saunders
  2. ^ Claude Saunders' profile at the Canadian Olympic Committee
  3. ^ Canadian Olympic committee's Summer 2005 newsletter
  4. ^ Irving Meretsky died in 2006
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