Lewis Clive
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Rowing | |||
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| Gold | 1932 Los Angeles | coxless pairs | |
Lewis Clive (September 8, 1910 – August 2, 1938) was a British rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1932 he won the gold medal with his partner Hugh Edwards in the coxless pairs event.
His father was Lt-Col Percy Clive MP (1873-1918) and he was descended from Clive of India. Neville Chamberlain was his godfather.[1]
Clive was a Labour borough councillor in North Kensington and a member of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. As a company commander of the British Battalion of the IB, he was killed in action at Hill 481, near Gandesa, August 1938.
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