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William George Ranald Mundell Laurie (4 May 1915 – 19 September 1998) was an English physician, Olympic rowing champion and gold medallist. He was the father of actor Hugh Laurie . Early life, education and rowing career.
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THE OARSMAN Ran Laurie won a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics, with his colleague in the Sudan Political Service Jack Wilson. The coxless pair's achievement was the more remarkable in that they...
Sep 27, 2013 · A blog post about the life and achievements of Ran Laurie, one of the great Cambridge strokes before the Second World War, who rowed with a smaller, narrower blade than the rest of his crew in the 1936 Olympic final. The post cites sources from his son, his coach, and his cox, who confirm that he did not row with a narrow blade for the sake of power, but to set the pace and avoid burning himself out.
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Ran Laurie was a physician, Olympic rowing champion and gold meallist who was born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, in 1915 of Scottish descent. Ran Laurie began his rowing career at school and continued rowing when he attended Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1933.
Sep 19, 1998 · Ran Laurie, who was educated at Monkton Combe and Selwyn College, Cambridge, established a fine reputation as stroke when he was an undergraduate. He was in the winning Cambridge eight for three successive years and in the last tow years, 1935 and 1936, he was the stroke.
Apr 27, 2022 · William George Ranald Mundell Laurie (4 May 1915 – 19 September 1998), known as Ran Laurie, was a British physician, rowing champion and Olympic gold medallist. His younger son is the actor and writer Hugh Laurie.
Jan 23, 2024 · Ran Laurie. 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. Though he did not win any medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, Laurie was there with Clooney's ‘Boys in the Boat’.
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