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| birth_place      = [[York]], [[Yorkshire]], England<ref name="SR profile" />
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| height           = 185 cm<ref name="SR profile" />
| weight           = 80 kg<ref name="SR profile" />
| sport            = Rowing
| club             = Becket School Boat Club
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Eight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold  | [[1986 World Rowing Championships|1986 Nottingham]] | Ltw double sculls}}
{{MedalBronze  | [[1987 World Rowing Championships|1987 Copenhagen]] | Ltw double sculls}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}	
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}	
{{MedalBronze| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|double sculls]]}}
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'''Allan Whitwell''' (born 5 May 1954) is a British former [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed for Great Britain and [[England]].

==Career==
He taught at [[The Becket School]],<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Saturday 4 August 1984, page 30</ref> when he lived in [[Mapperley]] in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Saturday 9 August 1986, page 5</ref>

===Rowing career===
Whitwell was born in 1954 in [[York]], [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="SR profile" /> He was a member of the silver medal-winning British [[Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|men's eight]] at the [[Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Great Britain Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1980/ROW/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101501/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1980/ROW/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 16 November 2016}}</ref> He competed in three Olympic Games in total, appearing in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in addition to his medal winning 1980 Games.

In 1977 he was part of the eight that reached the final and finished 5th, at the [[1977 World Rowing Championships]] in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185041181/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5b12a1c6 |last=Railton |first=Jim |title=Rowing |work=The Times |date=29 August 1977 |page=11|via=Times Digital Archives}}</ref> In 1986, he was in the [[1986 World Rowing Championships|World Championship]] winning in the lightweight double sculls with [[Carl Smith (rower)|Carl Smith]].<ref>{{cite web |title=(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final | url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1986-world-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |accessdate=16 November 2016}}</ref> He came third teamed with Smith in the [[1987 World Rowing Championships]] in the same boat class.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/94.html | title=Rudern – Leichtgewichte – Weltmeisterschaften: Doppelzweier – Herren | language=de | publisher=Sport-Komplett | accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref> He represented [[England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a bronze medal in the double sculls, at the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49801|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is currently running an international sculling camp for scullers of any level from novice to international.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} He also teaches at a school for children with [[special needs]].{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Rowing|27730}}
* {{Olympedia|37510}}
* {{Team GB|27M18ePNPVq1b8uwDGFAJs}}
* {{Olympics.com|org_archive=2019}}

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[[Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mapperley]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from York]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in rowing]]
[[Category:English male rowers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in rowing]]
[[Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]


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