Guy Oliver Nickalls
| Guy Oliver Nickalls | |
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| Born |
April 4, 1899
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| Died | April 26, 1974 |
| Education | Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation | rower |
| Parent(s) | Guy Nickalls |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Rowing | ||
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1920 Antwerp | eights |
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1928 Amsterdam | eights |
Guy Oliver Nickalls (4 April 1899 – 26 April 1974), also known as Gully Nickalls, was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Nickalls was the son of Guy Nickalls, who was also a rower and an Olympic gold medalist and his wife Ellen Gilbey Gold. His grandfather, Tom Nickalls, was one of the founding members of London Rowing Club. Nickalls' mother was the sister of Sir Harcourt Gold, who was chairman of Henley Royal Regatta from 1945 to 1952 and Chairman of the ARA from 1948 to 1952.. Nickalls was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.
In 1920, rowing for Magdalen, Nickalls partnered Richard Lucas to win the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, beating Bruce Logan and S I Fairbairn in the final. Later in the year, Nickalls was a member of the Leander eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, coming within half a length of winning. In 1921, Nickalls rowed in the Oxford crew which lost to Cambridge in the Boat Race and also lost the final of the Silver Goblets to John Campbell and Humphrey Playford. In 1922, he rowed in the losing Oxford Boat Race crew again, but regained Silver Goblets with Lucas, beating Karl Vernon and H West in the final. In 1923 he was in the winning Oxford boat in the Boat Race but was runner up again in the Silver Goblets. He was runner up in Silver Goblets again with various partners in 1925, 1926 and 1927.
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