Cyril Stiles

Medal record

Men's Rowing
Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Coxless pairs
British Empire Games
	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 Fred 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 the river course used by local rowers known as Kerr's Reach.

References

1 2 "Cyril Stiles' Medals Information". Retrieved 2008-05-28.

1932 New Zealand Olympic team

Athletics	Stuart Black Allan Elliot Don Evans Thelma Kench Jack Lovelock Billy Savidan

Boxing	Bert Lowe Bob Purdie Harold Thomas

Cycling	Ron Foubister

Rowing	George Cooke Somers Cox Delmont Gullery Lawrence Jackson Jack Macdonald Noel Pope Bert Sandos Charles Saunders John Solomon Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson

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