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{{short description|British rower}}
{{about|the rower|the footballer|Andy Holmes (footballer)}}
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| fullname = Andrew John Holmes<ref name="SR bio">{{Cite sports-reference |title = Andy Holmes |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/andy-holmes-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/andy-holmes-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 6 November 2016}}</ref>
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|Coxed four]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair|Coxed pair]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rowing Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Nottingham | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 Copenhagen | Coxless pair }}
{{MedalSilver | 1987 Copenhagen | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalCountry | England }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Strathclyde]] | [[1986 Commonwealth Games#Rowing|Coxed four]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Strathclyde]] | [[1986 Commonwealth Games#Rowing|Coxless pair]] }}
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'''Andrew John Holmes''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (15 October 1959 – 24 October 2010)<ref name="DTel">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101028081002/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/rowing/8085038/Olympic-rowing-champion-Andy-Holmes-dies-aged-51.html Olympic Rowing Champion Andy Holmes dies aged 51], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 25 October 2010</ref> was a British [[rowing (sport)|rower]].

==Biography==
Holmes was born in [[Uxbridge]], Greater London, and was educated at [[Latymer Upper School]] in [[Hammersmith]], west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist [[Jim Clark (rower)|Jim Clark]].<ref name="DTel" /> After leaving school, he rowed for [[Kingston Rowing Club]] and then [[Leander Club]].<ref name="DTelObit">{{cite news |title=Andy Holmes – Obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8086359/Andy-Holmes.html |access-date=18 January 2011 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=25 October 2010}}</ref> At the age of 19, he won the [[Thames Challenge Cup]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]].

He rowed twice in the [[Olympic Games]] (in [[Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]) with [[Steve Redgrave|Sir Steve Redgrave]]. He was a gold medalist in the [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|men's coxed four]] in [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and in the [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|men's coxless pair]] in [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], when he also took bronze in the [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair|coxed pair]]. He also rowed for [[England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|England]] in 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> winning the coxed four and the coxless pair competitions.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49621|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518153030/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49621|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He retired from rowing in 1990 and severed most contacts with the sport. His daughter only discovered her father's gold-medal-winning pedigree when reading about him in a book at school.<ref name="DTelObit" />

He died in London in 2010 after contracting Weil's disease, a severe form of [[leptospirosis]], which results from contact with urine from infected animals or ingesting water contaminated with urine from infected animals.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/news/845121-olympic-rowing-star-andy-holmes-dies-from-water-bug Olympic rowing star Andy Holmes dies 'from water bug'] ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'', 25 October 2010</ref>
<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andy-holmes-rower-whose-partnership-with-steve-redgrave-sparked-a-british-renaissance-in-the-sport-2117248.html Andy Holmes: Rower whose partnership with Steve Redgrave sparked a British renaissance in the sport], ''The Independent'', 27 October 2010</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{World Rowing|4784|Andrew J. Holmes}}
* {{Team GB|1z6wfEaPPbalGhOjfrMT3O}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{CGF profile|49621}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/oct/25/andy-holmes-obituary Obituary in ''The Guardian'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070808200713/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0%2C%2C1720975%2C00.html Andy Holmes] interview by Nick Greenslade in ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper, 5 March 2006
* {{YouTube|yBBFNAXo3gs|Video of 1988 Olympic Pair race}}

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