Set in a 400-acre park within a nature conservation area, Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake, around 30 kilometres west of London, is acclaimed as one of the finest rowing venues in the world.Inspire a generation
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- Eton DorneySet in a 400-acre park within a nature conservation area, Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake, around 30 kilometres west of London, is acclaimed as one of the finest rowing venues in the world.
Did you know?
- Dr Benjamin Spock, the famous child development expert, won Olympic gold in the men’s Eight at the Paris 1924 Games.
- The youngest Olympic champion is thought to be an anonymous French boy, who coxed for a Dutch pair at the Paris 1900 Games. The boy, aged no more than 12, took part in the victory ceremony but then disappeared.
- At Amsterdam 1928 Australian rower Henry Pearce stopped halfway through his quarter-final race to let a family of ducks pass in front of his boat. Although a French competitor overtook him, Pearce managed to get back in front and win the gold.
- The oldest Olympic Rowing champion is Great Britain’s Guy Nickalls, who was 41 when he won gold at London 1908.
- Rowing is the only sport where competitors cross the finish line backwards.
