John Edwards (rower)

John Hugh Michael Edwards was a rower who won medals at two Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Edwards was born into a rowing family, his father Group Captain Hugh Edwards D.F.C, was an Olympic gold medallist had won three events at the Henley Royal Regatta.
He attended Christ Church, Oxford and was a trialist for the Oxford team at the 1956 Boat Race.
Of East Isley, Berkshire at the time and along with his brother David Edwards and varsity Oxford teammate John Fage, they formed three members of the coxless four selected for the 1958 Welsh team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
The fourth member of the team was David Prichard and in the coxless fours event they won the bronze medal.
Four years later, he and his brother David were in the coxless four that won the silver medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.