| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Rowing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Competitor for Great Britain | ||
| Silver | 1948 London | Eights |
| British Empire Games | ||
| Competitor for England | ||
| Bronze | 1950 Auckland | eights |
Michael Clement Lapage (born 15 November 1923) is a former missionary and English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Lapage was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Reginald H Lapage, vicar of Shaftesbury, and his wife Dora Ehlvers. He was educated at Monkton Combe School where he was a contemporary of fellow Olympic rower Alfred Mellows. During World War II Lapage saw service as a Fleet Air Arm pilot in the Pacific.
After the war Lapage was at Cambridge University and was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the 1948 Boat Race. In 1948, he was a crew member of the British boat which won the silver medal rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the men's eights.[1]
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal as part of the English boat in the eights competition.
Lapage became a Christian missionary and was ordained in Kenya in 1961.[2]