Neil William Campbell, CM

Order of Canada

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 (September 3, 1931 in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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 – August 11, 2006) was a Canadian

Canada

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 rower. He started his rowing life with the St. Catharines Rowing Club in 1952. He competed in the Coxless Four at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

, and the Eight with Cox at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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.

In 1967 he became head Rowing coach at Ridley College

Ridley College

Ridley College is a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 20 miles from Niagara Falls...

, St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines, Ontario

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. Under his mentoring Ridley eights won 14 Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association (formerly Canadian Schoolboy) Championships, as well as five American Schoolboy titles and seven Championships at the English Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

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 in the years to come.

Perhaps his greatest coaching achievement though was leading the 1984 Canadian mens heavyweight crew

1984 Canadian Mens Rowing Eight

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 to a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles. His crew later presented him with a replica gold medal.