{{short description|Australian rower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alf Duval | headercolor = lightblue | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 July 1941}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver| 1968 Mexico City|Men's eight}} }}
'''Alfred Walter Duval''' (born 1 July 1941) is an Australian former rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
==Club and state rowing== Duval was born in Sydney and attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he took up rowing.<ref name="SJC News p13">''SJC News'', article by James Gray p13</ref>
Following school he rowed at the senior level with the Sydney Rowing Club. For eight consecutive years from 1962 to 1969 he was seated in the New South Wales state eight which contested the Kings Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He stroked the crew in the last two of those years and in 1965 and 1967 his New South Wales crews were victorious.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1965.php#M8 |title=1965 King's Cup |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924190619/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1965.php#M8 |archive-date=24 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the 1966 Australian Rowing Championships in a composite SRC/SUBC crew Duval, John Ranch, Chris Stevens, Peter Dickson, and cox Brian Thomas won the Australian coxed four title.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1966.html#m4c 1966 Australian Championships]</ref>
==International representative rowing== In 1964 he was in the bow seat of the Australian coxed four which finished tenth at the Tokyo Olympics. In 1966 he was selected at three in the Australian coxed four which competed at the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1966-Bled.html |title=1966 World Championships |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021193904/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1966-Bled.html |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Four years later in 1968 he stroked the Australian boat to a silver medal in the men's eight competition at the Mexico Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1968-MexicoCity.php |title=1968 Olympics |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035256/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1968-MexicoCity.php |archive-date=24 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In later life he turned to coaching. He was the foundation coach of the Varsity College Rowing Program on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * St. Joseph's College News 2012 Volume 52#1 article by James Gray, College Archivist * {{sports-reference|du/alf-duval-1|Alf Duval}} * {{FISA|26210|Alf Duval}}
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