| Oswald Denison | |
| Birth Name: | Oswald William Denison |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Houhora, New Zealand |
| Relatives: | Walter Denison (father) |
| Weight: | 168lb |
| Sport: | Rowing |
| Club: | Waitemata Rowing Club |
Oswald William Denison (29 June 1905 - 15 November 1990) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby on 29 June 1905, Denison was the son of Walter Denison, a jeweller, and his wife Frances Denison (née Mitcham).[1] [2] He married Nellie Bristow on 5 October 1932 at the Grange Road Baptist Church in Mount Eden,[3] and they went on to have five children.[4]
A member of the Waitemata Rowing Club, Denison was the stroke of the Auckland eight that finished third at the interprovincial eights championship in March 1937.[5] [6]
In May 1937, Denison was named as an emergency for the rowing squad to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games,[7] but was later confirmed as a member of the New Zealand eight.[8] At the games, he rowed in the two seat, and won a bronze medal, with the New Zealand eight finishing in third, two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew.[9] [10]
Competing at the same games, his father, Walter Denison, won a gold medal for New Zealand in lawn bowls men's pairs.
Denison died on 15 November 1990 at Houhora, and his ashes were buried at North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland.[4] [11] [12] He had been predeceased by his wife in 1987.[4]