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'''Timothy John Crooks''' (born 12 May 1949) is a former British [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. He was seven times winner at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] and won the [[Wingfield Sculls]] three times.<br />
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==Rowing career==<br />
Crooks was educated at [[Radley College]] and raced in the World Youth Championships in 1967. He won the [[Thames Challenge Cup]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] in 1968 competing for [[Leander Club]], then won [[Silver Goblets]] in 1971 competing for Leander Club and partnering Glyn Locke.<ref>{{cite book |title=Regatta Records 1969–1974 |year=1976 |publisher=Henley Royal Regatta}}</ref> He raced in the 1971 [[World Rowing Championships]] in the [[coxless pair]], then in 1972 switched to the [[double scull]] with [[Patrick Delafield]], winning the [[Double Sculls Challenge Cup]] at Henley and the double sculls with Delafield, at the inaugural [[1972 British Rowing Championships|1972 National Rowing Championships]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS102070006/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1d4b1833|title="Rowing." Times, 22 July 1972, p. 6|newspaper=The Times|date=22 July 1972 |page=6 }}</ref><ref name=results>{{cite web|url=http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |title=Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2009| website=Friends of Rowing History | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004210249/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm | archivedate=4 October 2018}}</ref> Crooks and Delafield reached the final rowing for [[Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics]] at Munich and led briefly before finishing out of the medals in fifth.<br />
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In 1973 Crooks moved to the [[Eight (rowing)|eight]], winning the silver medal at the [[1974 World Rowing Championships]] behind the U.S.,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS119241513/TTDA?u=oxfshlib&sid=TTDA&xid=70c14369|title=Railton, Jim. "British eight sprint to silver medal." Times, 9 Sept. 1974, p. 7|newspaper=The Times|date=9 September 1974 |page=7 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref> and the [[Grand Challenge Cup]] at Henley in 1975 (in which year he also finished 4th in the World Championships in the [[coxed four]]). He won the silver medal in the eight [[rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal, behind the [[East German]] crew.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/aug/26/news.sport "Shock and oar"] ''The Observer'', Sunday 26 August 2007</ref> Crooks then competed in the [[single scull]] winning the [[Diamond Challenge Sculls]] at Henley and the [[Wingfield Sculls]] in both 1977 and 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS168002275/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=81f1122c |title=Crooks runs away with Diamonds to prove he is Britian's top sculler |date=3 July 1978 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=9 August 2024 |page=10 |location=London|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>[http://www.rowingservice.com/wingfieldsrecords.xls Wingfield Sculls Record of Races]</ref> In 1980 he repeated his win of the Wingfield Sculls.<br />
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In 1977 he came fourth in the World Championships in the single scull.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185041181/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5b12a1c6 |last=Railton |first=Jim |title=Rowing |date=29 August 1977 |page=11|work=The Times|location=Londons}}</ref><br />
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He won the single sculls title, rowing for the [[Kingston Rowing Club]], at the [[1982 British Rowing Championships|1982 National Rowing Championships]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS252152563/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8f743832|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15|newspaper=The Times|date=19 July 1982 |page=15 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref> and competing again at Henley in 1983, he won the [[Queen Mother Challenge Cup]] and came second in the Diamond Challenge, then in 1984 was runner-up in the Double Sculls.<ref name=results /><br />
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== Other activities ==<br />
Crooks won the 1977 version of the [[BBC]] television show ''[[Superstars (British TV programme)|Superstars]]''.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/superstars/2959150.stm BBC Sports]</ref><br />
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From the late 1980s to the late 1990s he taught Craft Design Technology at [[St. John's School, Leatherhead]] having taught previously at Glyn School in Ewell.<br />
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The day of the opening ceremony for the London Olympics, 2012, he rowed in Gloriana from Hampton Court to City Hall.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/tim-crooks-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/tim-crooks-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Tim Crooks}}<br />
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