Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh

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.[1]

Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh
Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh in 1965
Personal information
Born11 January 1938
Died28 January 1970 (aged 32)
Chertsey, Surrey, UK
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Summer Olympics
1964 TokyoCoxless four

He was the younger son of Geoffrey Basset Wardell-Yerburgh, by his marriage in 1935 to Elizabeth Alis Georgina Kenyon, daughter of G. L. T. Kenyon, a grandson of Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon, and had an older brother, Oswald Kenyon (born 1936). They were grandsons of Oswald Wardell-Yerburgh (1858–1913).[2] He was educated at Ravenscroft School (Somerset).

In 1968 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta.

Wardell-Yerburgh died in a traffic accident at the age of 32.[2][3] He was the husband of Janet Wardell-Yerburgh.[1]

References
  1. Maarten Kloosterman Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh at douglashistory.co.uk, accessed 3 April 2019
  3. Abilene Reporter-News. 29 January 1970. Page 29
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