Richard Ayling | |
Full Name: | Richard John Ayling |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | Kingston Rowing Club |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1952 |
Birth Place: | Surrey, England |
Death Place: | Kingston upon Thames, London |
Spouse: | Astrid Ayling |
Richard John Ayling (1 June 1952 - 1 November 2016) was a British rower.[1]
He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2] He won the coxed pairs title rowing for the Kingston and Leander composite, with Mark Hayter, at the 1973 National Rowing Championships.[3] Ayling was selected by Great Britain as part of the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, the four just missed out on a medal finishing in fourth place in the A final.[4]
In 1978, he took up coaching and was the coach of a crew that reached the final of the 1979 World Rowing Championships.[5]
He married German international rower Astrid Hohl in 1976.[6] [7] He was the editor of a magazine called 'Rowing'.[5]