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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1937 Marlow, Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Michael A Spracklen, MSC OBE (born 15 September 1937) is a British rowing coach who has led teams from Great Britain, United States, Canada to success at the Olympic games and World Rowing Championships, including the early Olympic successes of Steve Redgrave. In 2002 he was named the International Rowing Federation coach of the year.[1]
Spracklen was also part of the coaching team that brought Oxford University success in the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Spracklen's youngest son Adrian is a former British international lightweight oarsman and now coaches rowing at Mercyhurst College, Pennsylvania.[2]
- ^ "Mike Spracklen Named Coach of the Year at FISA's Awards Ceremony". Row2k. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ "Adrian Spracklen". Mercyhurst College Athletics web site. Retrieved 22 September 2008.