Olympic Regattas - 1920 Antwerp

CC GBR 1979 BROKE BOND OXO °Olympic Greats° No. 34 John B. Kelly (USA)

CC GBR FIGOPUZZLE Sudocard °Rowing° No. 22 - Sydney Ernest Swann (Cambridge University BC)

S.E. Swann won the M8+ gold medal at OG Stockholm 1912 and the M8+ silver medal at OG Antwerp 1920. He was a member of the victorious Cambridge Boat Race crew 1914 and C.U.B.C. president in the same year.
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CC ITA PANINI °Olympia° No. 063 OG Antwerp 1920 - John Kelly sr. (USA), M1X Olympic champion (and M2X gold medal winner together with Paul Castello)
CC SUI 1979 EDITO-SERVICE GENEVA °Sculling - John B. Kelly° (USA)
CC USA 1926 SPORTS CO OF AMERICA - Paul Castello (USA), M2X gold medal winner at three consecutive OG 1920-1928
CC USA 1991 U.S. Olympic Cards °Hall of Fame° No. 47 - John B. Kelly sr. (USA), M1X Olympic champion OG Antwerp 1920 and M2X gold medal wiinner at OG 1920 + 1924
Magazine cover °La Suisse Sportive° No. 761 Sept. 11th 1920 - Swiss M4+ victory at OG Antwerp

Grasshopper-Club Zuerich

(Dr. Hans Walter, Dr. M.-H. Rudolf, W. Bruederlin, Paul Rudolf, cox P. Staub)

PM BEL 1920 Aug. 28th + 29th Brussels - OG Antwerp

As there was no suitable course at Antwerp the rowing events took place

in the north of Brussels on the Canal de Willebroeck from De Drie Fontainen

to Marly, 2000 m straight. 136 athletes from 14 nations competed

in five boat classes (M1X, M2X, M2+, M4+ & M8+) from Aug. 27th to 29th.

USA won three gold medals (M1X, M2X, M8+).
	Aug. 29th: rowing finals

Program BEL 1920 OG Antwerp #Coll. JE#

For the first time FISA-Rules governed the Olympic regatta
Stamp ANT 1995 June 6th SS - OG Atlanta 1996 depicting Jack Kelly (USA), Olympic M1X champion OG Antwerp 1920 and M8+ USA, gold medal winner OG Tokyo 1964

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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Paul Costello (USA)

Paul Costello (1894-1986) won three

gold medals at three Olympic Games:

M2X gold medal at OG Antwerp 1920

M2X gold medal at OG Paris 1924

M2X gold medal at OG Amsterdam 1928
Stamp DMA 1996 June 7th - OG Atlanta depicting John Kelly sr. (USA), Olympic champion M1X OG Antwerp 1920

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Stamp IOM 2021 July 15th Great British Athletes - Sidney Swans + Steve Redgrave

Stamp IOM 2021 July 15th Great British Athletes Sidney Swans

Sidney Swans won the M8+

gold medal at OG Stockholm

1912 and the M8+ silver

medal at OG Antwerp 1920

Stamp IOM 2021 July 15th Great British Athletes Steve Redgrave

Steve Redgrave is the most

successful Olympic rower of

all times. He won five Olympic

gold medals in five consecutive

Olympic Games 1984 - 2000.

!984: M4+

1988, 1992, 1996: M2-

2000: M4-

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Stamp NCA 1976 Sept. 7th - OG Montreal depicting John B. Kelly (USA), Olympic champion M1X at OG Antwerp 1920

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Stamp VIN 1996 July 19th - Summer Olympic gold medal winners - Jack Kelly (USA), M1X and M2X gold medal winner OG Antwerp 1920 and M2X OG Paris 1924

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