Person    | Male  Born 15/10/1959  Died 24/10/2010

Andy Holmes

Categories: Sport / Games

Rower. Born Andrew Jeremy Holmes in Uxbridge. Educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. He rowed for the Kingston and Leander rowing clubs. At the 1984 and 1988 Olympic games, he rowed with Sir Steve Redgrave, winning two gold medals. He retired from the sport in 1990 and died in London after contracting the rare water-borne disease Leptospirosis, commonly known as Weil's disease.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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