Date of birth: 28 Sep 1977
Age on Race day: 24
Home town: Hetton le Hole, Tyne and Wear, England
Club: CUBC
College: St Edmund’s College
Course: M Phil European Studies
School: Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Height: 5ft 11.5in
Weight: 13st 6lb 0oz
Boat: Goldie
Boat position: 6
Coach: Robin Williams
Rowing record:
2001: Goldie (won)
2000: Goldie (lost)
1995: Junior World Championships, 2- (4th
Sporting history:
Started rowing at age 15 after school master said that he could go to the
World Championships in two years time if he started training the following
morning
Interests:
Cycling - wants to win a stage of the Tour de France
Full name: Richard Xavier Kelly McElroy
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