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Laurie rowed for Cambridge in the 1934, 1935, and 1936 boat races, all of which were won by Cambridge. He was in the boat with Jack Wilson, who was to become his rowing partner later in their careers. At the 1936 Olympics, he rowed as stroke in Great Britain's eight, the team eventually finishing in fourth place.
Sep 27, 2013 · Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson after they crossed the finish line as Olympic champions in the pair in 1948 on the Henley course. It is said that Ran Laurie always believed that if his great friend and rowing partner, Jack Wilson, whom he had rowed with at Cambridge, had been a member of the 1936 British Olympic eight, Great Britain would have taken ...
Mar 10, 2013 · Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson were British establishment through and through. University friends who first met at Cambridge, the pair rowed together in The Boat Race, the annual rowing duel...
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Jan 23, 2024 · A Cambridgeshire-born talent, Ran Laurie began rowing at the Somerset-based public school Monkton Combe School. He continued his rowing career as a student at Cambridge, before pursuing it in the Olympics.
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Sep 19, 1998 · After the 1936 Olympics, Laurie joined the Government Service in Sudan where his friend and future Olympic partner, John Wilson was also serving. They had rowed together at Cambridge, rowing for three winning Boar Race crews. In 1938 they took their leave together and won the Goblets at Henley.
Laurie and Wilson were known as the "Desert Rats" because of their sojourn in the Sudan. They rowed together in three winning Cambridge Blue boats. The 1934 crew set a Boat Race record, and in...
Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Umpired by former Blue, Ran Laurie, it was won by Cambridge by five lengths in a time of 19 minutes 46 seconds.
