Joseph Wright, Jr.

Who was Joseph Wright, Jr.?

Joseph George Harris Wright, Jr. was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

In 1928 he became only the second Canadian to win the coveted Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Annual Henley Royal Regatta, and won the Olympic silver medal with his partner Jack Guest in the double sculls competition. He also competed in the single sculls event and finished fifth after being eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Four years later he was the only rower who did not reach the final in the single sculls competition.

He was coached by his father Joseph Wright, Sr., who won a silver and bronze medals at the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of a Canadian eights crew.