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Cyril Stiles
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing   New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1932 Los Angeles Coxless pair
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Sydney Eight

Cyril Alec "Bob" Stiles (10 October 1904 – 5 March 1985) was a New Zealand rower. He won a Silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the coxless pairs with partner Rangi Thompson. [1] He also won a Bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney in the eights. [1]

A Christchurch street is named after Stiles. Stiles Place runs off another street named after a New Zealand rower; that is Arnst Place named after Richard Arnst. Both are near that part of the Avon River used by local rowers known as Kerr's Reach.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cyril Stiles' Medals Information". Retrieved 28 May 2008.[ permanent dead link]