Bruce Culpan
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| Full name | Bruce Ewen Culpan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1930 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 August 2021 (aged 91) Cambridge, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | Mount Albert Grammar School | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Pharmacy owner | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | West End Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bruce Ewen Culpan (16 June 1930 – 24 August 2021) was a New Zealand rower who won silver medals representing his country at the 1950 British Empire Games and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Early life
[edit]Born in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay on 16 June 1930, Culpan was the son of Hector Cleve Culpan and Olive Maud Culpan (née Cameron).[1][2]
Rowing
[edit]At the 1950 British Empire Games, Culpan won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Thomas Engel, Grahame Jarratt, Don Rowlands, Edwin Smith and Bill Tinnock. At the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, he was the stroke seat of the men's coxed four that won another silver medal.[3]
Family and death
[edit]Culpan died in Cambridge on 24 August 2021, aged 91. His wife had died before him.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bruce Culpan death notice". Waikato Times. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Births". The Sun. Vol. 4, no. 1004. 21 June 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Culpan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- 1930 births
- 2021 deaths
- New Zealand male rowers
- Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- Rowers from Auckland
- People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen