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Adrian Ellison

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Adrian Ellison
Personal information
Full nameAdrian Charles Ellison
Born (1958-09-11) 11 September 1958 (age 66)
Solihull, West Midlands, England
Sport
ClubTyrian Boat Club
Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Molesey Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Coxed four
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh Coxed four

Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) is a British retired rowing cox.

Rowing career

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Ellison won the coxed pairs title with Tom Cadoux-Hudson and Richard Budgett and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Budgett, rowing for Tyrian and London University composites, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.[1]

Ellison coxed the men's four which brought Steve Redgrave his first Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)

Personal life

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He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.

References

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  1. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adrian Ellison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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