Christopher Latham Baillieu MBE (born 12 December 1949) is an English people former rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain. He was the first chairman of British Swimming, from 2001 to 2008.
Early life
Baillieu was born in
Marylebone,
the son of Edward Latham Baillieu and his wife Betty Anne Jardine Taylor. He was the grandson of Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu.
[ the Peerage.com] He was educated at
Radley College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976.
Rowing
Baillieu rowed in the winning Cambridge boat in the
in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. He then concentrated on
sculling, and won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta with Mike Hart in 1973 and 1975.
[ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003 ] In between he won the double sculls title with Mike Hart, at the 1974 National Championships
and participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in
Lucerne, competing in the double sculls event with Hart again, which resulted in winning a bronze medal.
He was part of the double scull that won a bronze medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham.
In Montreal they won a silver medal for rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The same pair won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup again in 1977 and a gold medal at the World Championships.
Baillieu then concentrated on and won the Wingfield Sculls four years running from 1981 to 1984,[ Wingfield Sculls Record of Races] and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1981, 1982, and 1984. He also won the single sculls rowing for the Leander Club, at the 1981 National Championships.
Personal
In 1984, Baillieu married Jane Elizabeth Bowie with whom he has had two sons and one daughter Charles, Olivia, and Edward.
See also
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List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews
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