Bobby Pearce (rower)

Bobby Pearce

Pearce in the 1930s
Personal information
Birth name	Henry Robert Pearce
Nationality	Australian Canadian
Born	(1905-09-30)30 September 1905 Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 May 1976(1976-05-20) (aged 70) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Sydney Rowing Club
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Single sculls 1932 Los Angeles Single sculls British Empire Games 1930 Hamilton Single sculls Diamond Challenge Sculls 1931 Henley-on-Thames Single sculls Gold Cup Challenge 1928 Philadelphia Single sculls

Henry Robert Pearce (30 September 1905 – 20 May 1976) was an Australian three-time world champion sculler of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the World Sculling Championship in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. He was a three-time Australian national champion and won the Diamond Sculls at the 1931 Henley Royal Regatta.