Bob Arnott

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Not to be confused with Bob Arnot.

William Robert "Bob" Arnott (born 13 October 1922) is an Australian former alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]

Family and education

Arnott is the great-grandson of William Arnott, who founded Arnott's Biscuits. His father, Henry Dixon Arnott, was a barrister and President of the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales.[2] He was born in Sydney and attended Cranbrook School[3] and the University of Sydney where he graduated as a Bachelor of Science in 1945.[4] Arnott married Simone Emile Pirenne in 1965[5] and had two children: Adrienne Davina Pirenne Arnott (born in 1969); and Robert Axel Pirenne Arnott (born in 1970).[6]

Club

Arnott is a member of the Ski Club of Australia and is the author of its 75th Anniversary history.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Skiers Safe In Hut; Long Trip Abandoned.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 10 August 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "CRANBROOK SCHOOL.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 2 October 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ Alumni Sidneienses Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "SOCIAL ROUNDABOUT.". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) (1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia). 6 October 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
  6. ↑ The descendants of William Arnott Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Arnott, Robert (1998), Seventy-five seasons : the Ski Club of Australia, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-665-0 


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