Richard Burnell
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 28 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 26,1917 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Henley-on-Thames |
| United Kingdom | |
| Died | Oxfordshire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 29,1995 |
| Olympic medal | Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls |
| Weight | 92 (kg) |
| Children | Peter C. D. Burnell |
| Parents | Jessie Backhouse |
| Spouse | Rosalind Garton |
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| ID | 4736838 |
Richard Burnell Life story
Richard Desborough Burnell was an English rower who won a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics alongside Bert Bushnell in the double sculls. He and his father Charles are the only father and son in Olympic history to have both won gold medals in rowing.