Edward Pain

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Edward Pain

Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	Men's eight
British Empire Games
	1950 Auckland	Eights

Edward Oscar Guthrie "Ted" Pain (15 July 1925 – 6 January 2000) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Pain (back row 4th from right) in the 1952 Olympic Rowing Squad

Pain attended Sydney Boys High School from 1938 to 1943, graduating three years ahead of Nimrod Greenwood and five years ahead of David Anderson, who both rowed alongside Pain in the Australian eight at 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Pain's senior rowing was done from the University of Sydney club. At the 1950 Empire Games he won the gold medal as part of the Australian boat in the eights competition. In 1952 he was in the seven seat of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event at Helsinki. He died in Greenwich, New South Wales.

References

1. "Australian Sporting Representatives" (PDF). Shsobu.org.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ted Pain (full name: Edward Oscar Guthrie Pain)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2016.