Geoff Potts Explained

Geoff Potts
Birth Name:Geoffrey Potts
Birth Date:1947
Death Date:28 October 2017
Sport:Rowing
Club:Durham University BC
Tees RC
Durham ARC

Geoffrey Potts (1947 – 28 October 2017) was a British lightweight rower.[1]

He was educated at Durham School, where he competed for the Durham School Boat Club.[2] He rowed with Durham University Boat Club from 1968 to 1970 and later earned a postgraduate degree in Management from Durham University in 1975.

Rowing career

Potts rowed for Great Britain in the lightweight single sculls at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he finished 4th overall, missing out on a medal in a photo finish.[3] [4]

He won a silver medal at the 1972 British Rowing Championships when rowing for the Durham Amateur Rowing Club.[3]

Potts died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a coaching session on 28 October 2017. He had received a pacemaker as a young man due to a heart condition.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geoffrey Potts . World Rowing.
  2. Web site: Howells . Luke . A tribute to the life of Geoffrey Potts 1947 - 2017 . Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club . 5 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Geoff Potts . DARC . 25 September 2020.
  4. News: British eight sprint to silver medal . Railton . Jim . . 9 September 1974 . 7. Times Digital Archives.