Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh
British rower
Intro | British rower | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
was | Rower | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 11 January 1938 | |
Death | 28 January 1970Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, England (aged 32 years) |
Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh (11 January 1938 – 28 January 1970) was a British rower. He won a silver medal in the coxless fours event at the 1964 Summer Olympics, together with John Russell, William Barry and John James. In 1968 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta.
Wardell-Yerburgh died in a traffic accident at the age of 32. He was the husband of Janet Wardell-Yerburgh.