Daniel Topolski

For the stand-up comedian and actor, see Dan Antopolski

Daniel (Dan) Topolski (born 4 June 1945) is an author, former rower and rowing coach,[1] and summariser on BBC television.[2]

The son of painter Feliks Topolski, he attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London, before going to Westminster School and New College, Oxford. At Oxford, he rowed in both the 1967 and 1968 Boat Races.[3]

Topolski was finishing coach for Oxford University's Boat Race crew from 1973 to 1987.[1] Of the fifteen Boat Races in which he was coach Oxford won twelve including an unbroken run of ten victories between 1976 and 1985. This run of success and its continuation after Topolski's departure brought Oxford to a point in 1992 where they had won sixteen of the last seventeen races and were within one victory of equalling Cambridge's overall total of wins.

He won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1989 as the co-author (with Patrick Robinson) of True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny—the story of the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.[4]

Topolski is married to actress Susan Gilmore, and their daughter is the jazz singer Emma Topolski.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Baker, Andrew (6 Apr 2007). "When mutineers hit the Thames". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/rowing/2310461/When-mutineers-hit-the-Thames.html. Retrieved 25 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Kidd, Patrick (30 March 2006). "Crew members do their bit for park and tide motorists - Times Online". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article699124.ece. Retrieved 25 March 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.abingdonmanagement.com/Daniel-Topolski-Renowed-Rowing-Coach
  4. ^ http://www.nyt.co.uk/daniel.topolski.htm
  5. ^ http://www.stationsessions.com/artists/emma-topolski.html
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
No award		 William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner
1989		 Succeeded by
Paul Kimmage