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Tributes are paid to Olympic rowing champion

Tributes are paid to Olympic rowing champion

Tributes have been paid to Olympic rowing champion Andy Holmes who has died. He was 51.

Mr. Holmes was a member of Britain’s gold medal winning coxed four crew at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles. The crew also included Sir Steve Redgrave.

He was also a gold medal winner in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

In the 1988 Olympics in Seoul Mr. Holmes again won gold, this time with Sir Steve in the coxless pairs.

The Olympian was awarded the M.B.E.

Mr. Holmes had taken ill last week and is believed to have died from suspected Weil’s disease, also known as leptospirosis, which is caused by exposure to contaminated water.

 

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