John Cherry

John Conrad "Con" Hazlehurst Cherry (7 September 1914 – 1 February 1943) was an English rower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Rowing career Cherry was born in Paddington and educated at Westminster School and Brasenose College, Oxford, having matriculated in 1933 as the Heath Harrison Minor Exhibitioner. Oxford He rowed in the Brasenose College 1st VIII from 1934 to 1938, and first rowed for the university in 1936 as a member of the losing Oxford boat in the Boat Race. Later in the year, he was a member of the crew of the eight which came fourth representing Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. In 1937 he became president of OUBC, and was in the crew that broke Cambridge's thirteen-year winning streak. He was OUBC president again in 1938, recording another win over Cambridge.