John Ranch

Olympic athlete

1940 –

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Who is John Ranch?

John Raymond "JR" Ranch is an Australian rower a national champion and medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Bondi, New South Wales and moved to Orange, New South Wales at four years of age when his father became the licensee of the Tourist Hotel there. He was schooled at the Santa Maria Convent school and then by the De La Salle brothers in Orange. Attending Sydney University from 1959, Ranch joined the Sydney University Boat Club as well as rowing in surf boats at the Bondi Surf Club.

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Born
Nov 26, 1940

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on July 23, 2013

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