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| Full name | Christopher David M Riches | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-03-23) 23 March 1961 (age 63) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Molesey Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
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David Riches (born 1961) is a former Scottish international rower who participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Rowing career
Riches was part of the coxless pairs crew, with Ewan Pearson that won the national title rowing for Molesey Boat Club, at the 1985 National Rowing Championships. The following year the pair participated in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the men's coxless pairs. He was a double winner of the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup in 1984 and 1985.
References
- ^ "Year To Savour For Scottish Rowing". Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1986. p. 24.
- "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1985, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
- "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
- "Commonwealth Games results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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