Alexander McCulloch

Olympic medal record
Men's Rowing
	1908 London	Men's single sculls

Alexander McCulloch (25 October 1887 – 5 September 1951) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

McCulloch was born at Melbourne, Australia, the son of George McCulloch. His father, who was born in Scotland, made his fortune at Broken Hill in Australia and returned with his family to Britain about 1891 and set up home at 184 Queens Gate, London (demolished 1971).

McCulloch attended Winchester College where he was a member of the Winchester College Boating Club (WCBC) and developed a keen interest and proficency in rowing. He then went to University College Oxford. In 1907 he competed in, and was runner up to Captain Darell in the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. In 1908 he rowed for Oxford in the University Boat Race against Cambridge. Also in 1908, McCulloch, as a member of the Leander Club won the Diamond Sculls at Henley, beating Athol Alexander Stuart.

McCulloch was subsequently selected for the British Team and won the Silver Medal in the single sculls, rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The winner of the Gold Medal was Harry Blackstaffe of the Vesta Rowing Club who was twice McCulloch's age at the time and something of a sculling legend. The final was considered the finest race of the Olympic Regatta and was virtually level until the last 50 yards when Blackstaffe held on to a light advantage to become the oldest sculling champion in Olympic history Victory falling to the home crew in the Sculls, Pairs and Fours, Great Britain could claim a success in every event of the Olympic Regatta of 1908. McCulloch competed in the Diamond Challenge Sculls again in 1912, when he was runner up to Eric Powell.

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