Bob Parker (rower)

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Bob Parker
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver Coxless Pair
1958 Cardiff Coxless Pair
1954 Vancouver Double Sculls

Robert Hugh "Bob" Parker (born 29 September 1934)[1] is a New Zealand rower.

At the 1954 and 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he twice won the gold medal in the men's coxless pair alongside Reg Douglas. He also won the silver medal in the men's double sculls at the 1954 British Empire Games also partnering Reg Douglas.

He competed at one Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne where he placed 3rd in the first semi-final in the coxless pair. [2]

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