Colin Moynihan
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The Right Honourable The Lord Moynihan |
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| Chairman of the British Olympic Association | |
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In office 5 October 2005 – 7 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Craig Reedie |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Coe |
| Minister for Sport | |
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In office 22 June 1987 – 26 July 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Richard Tracey |
| Succeeded by | Robert Atkins |
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Member of Parliament for Lewisham East |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Roland Moyle |
| Succeeded by | Bridget Prentice |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 30 May 1997 Hereditary Peerage |
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| Preceded by | Antony Moynihan (1991) |
| Personal details | |
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13 September 1955 Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Gaynor-Louise (née Metcalf) |
| Children | 2 sons (Nicholas and George); 1 daughter (India) |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Company Director |
| Profession | Sports administrator/ Parliamentarian/ Businessman |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | Men's Eight |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
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1981 Munich | Men's Eight |
Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan (born 13 September 1955) is a British Olympic coxswain, businessman, Conservative politician and sports administrator. Lord Moynihan served as chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) from 2005–2012.
Moynihan is the son of Patrick Moynihan, 2nd Baron Moynihan, by his second wife June Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of Arthur Stanley Covacic Hopkins. He was educated in the state system, including at secondary level, but studied at Monmouth School with a Music Scholarship from 1968 to 1973.
In 1974 he went up to University College, Oxford, graduating in 1977 with a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (proceeding MA in 1982). He was a "double blue" coxing the victorious Oxford University crew in the 1977 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and boxing against Cambridge in the Bantamweight division. He beat Benazir Bhutto in the election for the Presidency of the Oxford Union in 1976 and won the Trans-Atlantic Universities Debating Competition the same year. In 1977, he was awarded the Fiddian Post-Graduate Research Scholarship in Politics at Brasenose College, Oxford, which he did not take up in favour of working at the Westburn sugar refinery in Greenock for Tate & Lyle.
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