Adrian Ellison

Adrian Charles Ellison (born 11 September 1958) and is a male retired British rowing cox.

Adrian Ellison
Personal information
Full nameAdrian Charles Ellison
NationalityEnglish
Born (1958-09-11) 11 September 1958
Solihull, West Midlands
Sport
ClubTyrian Boat Club
Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, Molesey Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Coxed four
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh Coxed four

Rowing career

Ellison won the coxed pairs title with Tom Cadoux-Hudson and Richard Budgett and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Budgett, rowing for Tyrian and London University composites, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.[1]

Ellison coxed the men's four which brought Steve Redgrave his first Olympic gold in Los Angeles in 1984. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won gold for England, again in the men's coxed fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Ellison won World Championships bronze medals for Great Britain in 1981 (Men's coxed pair) and 1989 (Men's eight)

Personal life

He attended Reading University and studied zoology. He is a diagnostic radiographer, specialising in nuclear medicine.

References
  1. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adrian Ellison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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