Robert Waley
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert George Krulock Waley |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 26 November 1889 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 10 September 1939 (aged 49) Sydney, Australia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Sydney Rowing Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Interstate Championship M8+ 1910,11 |
Robert George Krulock "Ken" Waley (26 November 1889 – 10 September 1939) was an Australian coxswain who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was Australia's first selected representative coxswain.
Rowing career
[edit]Waley was educated at the King's School where he was introduced to rowing. In 1909 he coxed the Sydney University eight which won the men's eight event at the Australian University Championships.[3] His senior club rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club.
In 1910 and 1911 he steered the New South Wales crews to victory in the men's eight at the annual Australian Interstate Regatta.[4][5]
He was coxswain in a 1912 Australian eight which racing as Sydney Rowing Club, won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley-on-Thames, where they beat the Leander Club.[6] As an Australasian representative crew, they then travelled to Stockholm, Sweden for the 1912 Summer Olympics, where after beating a Swedish crew in the first round,[7] they were then knocked-out in the quarter-final by the same Leander eight they had defeated at Henley a few weeks earlier.[8] This was the first Australian international representative rowing crew and Waley was thus Australia's first representative coxswain.[9]
War service
[edit]Waley enlisted late in WWI as he neared aged 30 and gave his occupation as a company manager. He served in the Flying Corps and was promoted from Private to Sergeant during his period short service. He was returned to Australia just before war's end for duty at the Central Flying School Australia but was almost immediately discharged.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Waley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Robert Waley". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ 1909 Intervarsity Championships
- ^ 1910 Interstate Regatta
- ^ 1911 Interstate Regatta
- ^ "1912 Stockholm Olympics". rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights Quarter-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Australian historical Senior Team list as at April 2018
- ^ Waley Profile at Australian Rowing History