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{{Short description|New Zealand rower (1930–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
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| name             = Bruce Culpan
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| fullname         = Bruce Ewen Culpan
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1930|06|16|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2021|08|24|1930|06|16|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]], New Zealand
| education        = [[Mount Albert Grammar School]]
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| occupation       = Pharmacy owner
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| country          = New Zealand
| sport            = [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
| club             = West End Rowing Club
| medaltemplates   = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]}}	
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games|British Empire Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1950 British Empire Games|1950 Auckland]]| [[1950 British Empire Games#Rowing|Eight]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954 Vancouver]]| [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games#Rowing|Coxed four]]}}
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'''Bruce Ewen Culpan''' (16 June 1930 – 24 August 2021) was a New Zealand [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who won silver medals representing his country at the [[New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games|1950 British Empire Games]] and [[New Zealand at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]].

==Early life==
Born in the [[Auckland]] suburb of [[Herne Bay, New Zealand|Herne Bay]] on 16 June 1930, Culpan was the son of Hector Cleve Culpan and Olive Maud Culpan (née Cameron).<ref name="Death notice">{{cite news |url=https://deaths.waikatotimes.co.nz/obituaries/waikato-times-nz/obituary.aspx?n=bruce-culpan&pid=199945307 |title=Bruce Culpan death notice |date=28 August 2021 |work=Waikato Times |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300621.2.39.1 |title=Births |date=21 June 1930 |work=The Sun |page=3 |volume=4 |issue=1004 |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>

==Rowing==
At the [[1950 British Empire Games]], Culpan won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members [[Donald Adam]], [[Kerry Ashby]], [[Murray Ashby]], [[Thomas Engel (rower)|Thomas Engel]], [[Grahame Jarratt]], [[Don Rowlands]], [[Edwin Smith (rower)|Edwin Smith]] and [[Bill Tinnock]]. At the next [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in Vancouver, he was the stroke seat of the men's coxed four that won another silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Culpan|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/bruce-culpan|publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>

==Family and death==
Culpan died in [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]] on 24 August 2021, aged 91. His wife had died before him.<ref name="Death notice"/>

==References==
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{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
{{1954 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}

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[[Category:New Zealand male rowers]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rowing]]
[[Category:Rowers from Auckland]]
[[Category:People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen]]